TABLE 32

Experience of midwives interviewed at the end of the APPEAL pilot and feasibility RCT

Intervention midwives: end of study (N = 6)aControl midwives: end of study (N = 12)
Role description (n)Team lead (1)
Community midwife (3)
APPEAL champion (2)		Team lead (1)
Community midwife (11)
Years as midwife, mean (range)12.33 (5–31)12.42 (2–32)
 Midwives with > 5 years’ experience as midwife, n48
 Midwives with ≤ 5 years’ experience as midwife, n24
Years as community midwife, mean (range)5.5 (1–16)7.42 (0–22)
 Midwives with > 5 years’ experience in community, n35
 Midwives with ≤ 5 years’ experience in community, n37
a

n = 2 intervention midwives interviewed in both implementation phase and end of study.

From: Appendix 10, Interviews with intervention and control midwives at the end of the APPEAL study

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