Factors Affecting Recruitment and Attrition in Randomised Controlled Trials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pregnancy-Related Issues

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for The CAM in Pregnancy Trial.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
First-time pregnant women	Women pregnant with more than one baby
Being ≥18 years old	Smokers
Presence of low back pain and/or pelvic pain	Women with neurological diseases
Being in 26–29 weeks of gestation	Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) sufferers
Ability to understand written and verbal English	Fungal foot infections or verrucae
	Current use of CAM therapies
	Placenta Previa grade 3 or grade 4
	Already participating in a research study
	Any serious spinal pathology, for example, cancer, cauda equina, infection in the spine
	Previous road traffic accident
	Previous surgery to the hip, back, or pelvic region
	Inflammatory arthritis, for example, rheumatoid arthritis
	Diabetes/gestational diabetes
	Cardiac related problems
	Women whom the midwife deems unable to participate