Women’s experiences of anal incontinence following vaginal birth: A qualitative study of missed opportunities in routine care contacts

• Joanne Parsons ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joanne Parsons, Abi Eccles, Sarah Hillman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jo.parsons@warwick.ac.uk

  Affiliation Unit of Academic Primary Care, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6542-8492

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• Abi Eccles ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joanne Parsons, Abi Eccles, Sarah Hillman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit of Academic Primary Care, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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• Debra Bick ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, MRBK and JC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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• Michael R. B. Keighley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, MRBK and JC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The MASIC Foundation, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Anna Clements,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The MASIC Foundation, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Julie Cornish ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, MRBK and JC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department Colorectal Surgery, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4360-4472

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• Sarah Embleton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The MASIC Foundation, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Abigail McNiven,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Kate Seers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Warwick Research in Nursing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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• Sarah Hillman

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joanne Parsons, Abi Eccles, Sarah Hillman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit of Academic Primary Care, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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