Miscarriage

The group studies the lived experiences of men and women who have experienced all aspects of pregnancy loss including miscarriage. The aim main is to advance the services offered to these parents by improving the understanding and awareness of the consequences of pregnancy loss amongst healthcare professionals and among the general population. The Pregnancy Loss Research Group have presented widely at both national and international conferences and have published in many journals.

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INFANT Research Centre

The Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT) at University College Cork is Ireland's first translational research centre focused entirely on pregnancy, birth and early childhood. Co-located at UCC, CUH and CUMH, INFANT has a local impact with a global reach. The centre is answering the international need for research and innovation to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies.

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Research Publications

• Miscarriage hospitalisations: a national population-based study of incidence and outcomes, 2005–2016

• A review of reproductive outcomes of women with two consecutive miscarriages and no living child

• Risk factors for miscarriage among women attending an early pregnancy assessment unit (EPAU): a prospective cohort study

• University students’ awareness of causes and risk factors of miscarriage: a cross-sectional study

• Patients’ perception of privacy and confidentiality in the emergency department of a busy obstetric unit

• Ectopic pregnancy hospitalisations: A national population-based study of rates, management and outcomes

• Irish women’s experience of Ectopic pregnancy

• Experience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

• Psychological and support interventions to reduce levels of stress, anxiety or depression on women’s subsequent pregnancy with a history of miscarriage: an empty systematic review

• Previous pregnancy loss has an adverse impact on distress and behaviour in subsequent pregnancy

• Ectopic pregnancy hospitalisations: A national population-based study of rates, management and outcomes

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