Research Article
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 |
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