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| Title |
PErineal Assessment and Repair Longitudinal Study (PEARLS): protocol for a matched pair cluster trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2393-10-10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Debra E Bick, Christine Kettle, Sue Macdonald, Peter W Thomas, Robert K Hills, Khaled MK Ismail |
| Abstract |
The Perineal Assessment and Repair Longitudinal Study (PEARLS) is a national clinical quality improvement initiative designed to improve the assessment and management of perineal trauma. Perineal trauma affects around 85% of women who have a vaginal birth in the UK each year and millions more world-wide. Continuous suturing techniques compared with traditional interrupted methods are more effective in reducing pain and postnatal morbidity, however they are not widely used by clinicians despite recommendations of evidence based national clinical guidelines. Perineal suturing skills and postnatal management of trauma remain highly variable within and between maternity units in the UK as well as worldwide. Implementation of a standardised training package to support effective perineal management practices could reduce perineal pain and other related postnatal morbidity for a substantial number of women. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 233 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 228 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 39 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 11% |
| Researcher | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 48 | 21% |
| Unknown | 56 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 66 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 38 | 16% |
| Psychology | 27 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 19 | 8% |
| Unknown | 65 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 March 2014.
All research outputs
#14,724,943
of 22,663,150 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#2,833
of 4,150 outputs
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#75,947
of 93,629 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#8
of 10 outputs
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