About the Authors

Sinead Currie

Currie-S4@email.ulster.ac.uk

Affiliation Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research Centre, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

Marlene Sinclair

Affiliation Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research Centre, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

Marie H. Murphy

Affiliation Centre for Physical Activity and Health Research, Sport & Exercise Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

Elaine Madden

Affiliation South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Lynn Dunwoody

Affiliation Psychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Dianne Liddle

Affiliation Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research Centre, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC MS DL MM EM. Performed the experiments: SC MS MM DL. Analyzed the data: SC MM MS DL. Wrote the paper: SC MS MM DL EM LD.