A number of researchers and academics are using the LMUP (see below for details).
Where publications are available from these studies they are listed below:
Dr Jayani Ranatunga (University of Colombo) and Dr Kapila Jayaratne (Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka)
used the LMUP in a study of pregnant women attending the Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka.
An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Sinhalese LMUP is included in the study:
Ranatunga IDJC, Jayaratne K.
2020
Proportion of unplanned pregnancies, their determinants and health outcomes of
women delivering at a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
20:667
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Jennifer Malat, Prof George Slavich (UCLA) and colleagues
used the LMUP in a study exploring birth intendedness, race and life stress:
Malat J, Johns-Wolfe E, Smith T, Shields GS, Jacquez F, Slavich GM.
2020
Associations between lifetime stress exposure, race, and first-birth intendedness
in the United States
Journal of Health Psychology
Online first
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Linnea Zimmerman and colleagues (John Hopkins University and Addis Ababa University)
have published the protocol for PMA-Ethiopia survey which will provide data on a
range of reproductive health indicators, including the LMUP:
Zimmerman L, Desta S, Yihdego M, Rogers A, Amogne A, Karp C, Wood SN, Creanga A, Ahmed S, Seme A, Shiferaw A.
2020
Protocol for PMA-Ethiopia: a new data source for cross-sectional and longitudinal data of reproductive,
maternal, and newborn health
Gates Open Research
4:126
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Shino Arikawa and colleagues (Inserm/University of Bordeaux)
used the LMUP in a survey of non-pregnant HIV-positive women in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa:
Arikawa S, Dumazert P, Messou E, Burgos-Soto J, Tiendrebeogo T, Zahui A, Horo A, Minga A, Becquet R.
2020
Childbearing desire and reproductive behaviors among women living with HIV:
a cross-sectional study in Abidjan, Cote dIvoire
PloS ONE
15(10):e0239859
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Lingsa Jia and Dr Wendy Norman carried out an analysis pregnancy risk and past
unintended pregnancy among women on opioid agonist therapy in British Columbia:
Jia L, Norman WV.
2020
Contraceptive practices among women on opioid agonist therapy
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
in press
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Celia Melo, Dr Ana Borges and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of
women attending health facilities in Sao Paulo, Brazil:
Melo CRM, Borges ALV, Duarte LS, Nascimento NC.
2020
Contraceptive use and the intention to become pregnant among women
attending the Brazilian Unified Health System
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
28
Abstract and full pdf
A UK Department of Health funded study on pre-pregnancy health and care,
led by Prof. Judith Stephenson at Institute for Women's Health, UCL,
used the LMUP with pregnant women and their partners:
Barrett G, Hall JA, Howden B, Patel D, Shawe J, Stephenson J.
2020
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of a version of the
London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for women's partners
International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health
3;1:e65-e77
Abstract and full pdf
Jawad A, Patel D, Brima N, Stephenson J,
2019
Alcohol, smoking, folic acid and multivitamin use among women attending maternity care in London: a cross-sectional study
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
22:100461
Abstract
Shawe J, Patel D, Joy M, Howden B, Barrett G, Stephenson J.
2019
Preparation for fatherhood: a survey of men's preconception health
knowledge and behaviour in England
PloS ONE
14(3): e0213897
Abstract
Bye A, Shawe J, Stephenson J, Bick D, Brima N, Micali N.
2016
Differences in pre-conception and pregnancy healthy lifestyle advice by maternal BMI:
Findings from a cross sectional survey
Midwifery
42:38-45
Abstract
Stephenson et al. 2014 How do women prepare for pregnancy?
Preconception experiences of women attending antenatal services
and views of health professionals
PlosOne 9(7): e103085. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103085
Abstract
Dr Sara Roberts (UCSF) and colleagues (UCSF, University of Maryland, Louisiana State University)
used the LMUP in the Multistate Abortion Prenatal Study,
a large cross-sectional survey across four antenatal providers in the U.S.:
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Toquinto SM, Berglas NF, McLemore MR, Delgado A, Roberts SCM.
2020
Pregnant women's acceptability of alcohol, tobacco and drug use screening
and willingness to disclose use in prenatal care
Women's Health Issues
Online first
Abstract
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Berglas NF, Kimport K, Williams V, Mark K, Roberts SCM.
2019
The health and social care needs of pregnant women who consider but do not have abortions
Women's Health Issues
29(5):364-369
Abstract
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Roberts SCM, Johns NE, Williams V, Wingo E, Upadhyay UD.
2019
Estimating the proportion of Medicaid-eligible pregnant women in Louisiana
who do not get abortions when Medicaid does not cover abortion
BMC Women's Health
19:78
Abstract
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Roberts SCM, Kimport K, Kriz R, Holl J, Mark K, Williams V. 2018
Consideration of and reasons for not obtaining abortion among women entering prenatal care in
Southern Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-018-0359-4
Abstract and full pdf
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Berglas NF, Williams V, Mark V, Roberts SCM. 2018
Should prenatal care providers offer pregnancy options for counseling?
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
18:384
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Karen Trister Grace and colleagues used the LMUP in research
with Latina women in Atlanta on the relationship between intimate
partner violence, reproductive coercion and unplanned pregnancy:
Grace KT, Decker MR, Alexander KA, Campbell J, Miller E, Perrin N, Glass N.
2020
Reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy among Latina women
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Online first
Abstract
Dr Adebukunola Olajumoke Afolabi and colleague used the LMUP
in an analysis of the factors associated with unintended pregnancy in Nigeria:
Afolabi AO, Olaogun A, Afolabi KA, Afolabi EK
2020
Determinants of unintended pregnancies among nursing mothers in southwest Nigeria
African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
14;2:1-17
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Laura Britton and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of postpartum
women who had pre-gestational Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes in North Carolina:
Britton LE, Berry DC, Crandell JL, Brooks JL, Bryant AG.
2020
Perceptions and bahaviors related contraceptive use in the postpartum period
among women with pregestational Diabetes Mellitus
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing
49;2:154-166
Abstract
Dr Adina Lang, Prof Jacqueline Boyle and colleagues used the LMUP
in a study of pregnant women in Melbourne, Australia, and evaluated its psychometric properties:
Lang AY, Harrison CL, Barrett G, Hall JA, Moran LJ, Boyle JA.
2020
Opportunities for enhancing pregnancy planning and preconception health
behaviours of Australian women
Women and Birth
Online first
Abstract
Lang AY, Hall JA, Harrison CL, Teede H, Moran LJ, Barrett G.
2019
Validation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among pregnant
Australian women
PLoS ONE
14(8): e0220774
Abstract and full text
Lang AY, Harrison CL, Boyle JA.
2019
Preconception lifestyle and weight-related behaviours by maternal body mass index: a cross-sectional study of pregnant women
Nutrients
11;4:759
Abstract
Dr Veronique Maas and colleagues are using the LMUP
in a RCT of preconception care in the Netherlands.
The protocol of the study is published:
Maas VYF, Koster MPH, Ista E, Auweele KLHV, de Bie RWA,
de Smit DJ, Visser BC, van Vliet-Lachotzki EH, Franx A, Poels M.
2020
Study design of a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled
trial to evaluate the effect of a locally tailored approach
for preconception care ‐ the APROPOS‐II study
BMC Public Health
20:235
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Julia Whitley and colleagues used the LMUP in a
study of breastfeeding and maternal mood in the U.S.:
Whitley J, Wouk K, Bauer AE, Grewen K, Gottfredson NC,
Meltzer-Brody S, Propper C, Mills-Koonce R, Pearson B, Stuebe A.
2020
Oxytocin during breastfeeding and maternal mood symptoms
Psychoneuroendocrinology
113:104581
Abstract
Dr Laura McGowan and colleagues used the LMUP in a
background questionnaire for participants in a
qualitative study in Northern Ireland:
McGowan L, Lennon-Caughey E, Chun C, McKinley MC, Woodside JV.
2020
Exploring preconception health beliefs amongst adults
of childbearing age in the UK: a qualitative analysis
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
20:41
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Jenny Niemeyer Hultstrand and colleagues used the LMUP
with pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Sweden:
Hultstrand JN, Tyden T, Malqvist M, Ragnar ME, Larsson M, Jonsson M.
2020
Foreign-born women's lifestyle and health before and during early
pregnancy in Sweden
The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care
25(1):20-27
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Gariepy and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of pregnant
women recruited via abortion and pregnancy testing services:
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Lundsberg LS, Pensak MJ, Gariepy AM.
2020
Is periconceptional substance use associated with unintended pregnancy?
Women's Health Reports
1(1):17-25
Abstract and full text
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Kemet S, Lundsberg LS, Gariepy AM. 2018
Race and ethnicity may not be associated with risk
of unintended pregnancy
Contraception
97;4:313-318
Abstract
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Gariepy A, Lundsberg LS, Vilardo N, Stanwood N, Yonkers K, Schwarz EB. 2017
Pregnancy context and women's health related quality of life Contraception
Contraception
95;5:491-499
Abstract
The UK's third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles,
carried out by Prof Anne Johnson (UCL), Dr Cath Mercer (UCL), Dr Pam Sonneneberg (UCL),
Dr Andrew Copas (UCL), Prof Kaye Wellings (LSHTM), Wendy MacDowall (LSHTM), Bob Erens (NatCen),
Healther Wardle (NatCen), Prof Catherine Ison (Health Protection Agency), Prof Frederick Wu (University of Manchester),
used the LMUP in its data collection in relation to all pregnancies reported in the last year.
Further information about Natsal
The papers reporting LMUP findings include:
Parkes A, Waltenberger M, Mercer C, Johnson A, Wellings K, Mitchell K.
2020
Latent class analysis of sexual health markers among men and women
participating in a British probability sample survey
BMC Public Health
20:14
Abstract and pdf
Paquette R, Tanton C, Burns F, Prah P, Shahmanesh M, Field N, Macdowall W, Gravningen K, Sonnerberg P, Mercer CH. 2017
Illicit drug use and its association with key sexual risk behaviours and outcomes:
Findings from Britain's third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)
PlosONE 12(5):e0177922
Abstract
Palmer MJ, Clarke L, Ploubidis GB, Mercer CH, Gibson LJ, Johnson AM, Copas AJ, Wellings K.
2016 Is "sexual competence" at first heterosexual intercourse associated with
subsequent sexual health status The Journal of Sex Research
Abstract
Wellings et al. 2013 The prevalence of unplanned pregnancy and associated factors in Britain: findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3) Lancet 382(9907):1807-16
Abstract
The Turnaway Study. The LMUP was used in the UCSF ‘Turnaway Study’, a prospective, longitudinal study of women who underwent or were denied an abortion.
Further information: Papers reporting LMUP findings include:
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Rocca CH, Samari G, Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K.
2020
Emotions and decision rightness over five years
following an abortion: an examination of decision difficulty and abortion stigma
Social Science and Medicine
248:112704
Abstract and full text
Ralph LJ, Greene Foster D, Rocca CH.
2020
Comparing prospective and retrospective reports of pregnancy intention in a longitudinal cohort of U.S. women
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Online first
Abstract
Rocca CH, Wilson MR, Jeon M, Foster DG.
2019
Stability of retrospective pregnancy intention reporting among women with unwanted pregnancies in the United States
Maternal and Child Health Journal
23:1547-1555
Abstract
Upadhyay UD, Aztlan-James EA, Rocca CH, Greene Foster D.
2019
Intended pregnancy after receiving vs. being denied a wanted abortion
Contraception
99;1:42-47
Abstract
Foster DG, Biggs MA, Raifman S, Gipson J, Kimport K, Rocca CH.
2018
Comparision of health, development, maternal bonding, and poverty among children born after denial
of abortion vs after pregnancies subsequent to an abortion
JAMA Pediatrics
172;11:1053-1060
Abstract
Ralph L, Greene Foster D, Rocca C.
2018
Comparing prospective versus retrospective pregnancy
intention reporting on incident pregnancies in a
longitudinal study of U.S. women
Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Denver, April 2018
Abstract
Aztlan EA, Foster DG, Upadhyay U. 2018
Subsequent unintended pregnancy among US women who receive or are denied a wanted abortion
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health 63;1:45-52
Abstract
Roberts SCM, Subbaraman MS, Delucchi KL, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG. 2016
Moderators and mediators of the relationship between receiving versus being denied a pregnancy
termination and subsequent binge drinking
Drug and Alcohol Dependence 159:117-24
Abstract
Rocca C, Foster D. 2016 Changes over time in retrospective reporting of pregnancy
intentions among women who sought an abortion in the United States
Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., April 2016
Abstract
Rocca et al. 2015 Decision rightness and emotional responses to abortion in the United States:
a Longitudinal Study PloS ONE 10(7): e0128832. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128832
Abstract
Roberts, S. C. M., Wilsnack, S. C., Foster, D. G. and Delucchi, K. L. (2014),
Alcohol Use Before and During Unwanted Pregnancy
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 38:2844-2852.
Abstract
Rocca CH, Kimport K, Gould H, Foster DG. 2013 Women's Emotions One Week After Receiving or
Being Denied an Abortion in the United States.
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 45:122–131.
Abstract
Biggs A, Gould H, Greene Foster D. 2013 Understanding why women seek abortions in the US
BMC Women's Health 13:29
Abstract and full text
Robert SCM, Avalos LA, Sinkford D, Greene Foster D. 2012 Alcohol, tobacco and drug use as reasons for abortion Alcohol and Alcoholism 47;6:640-684
Abstract
Dr Megan Clowse (Dukes University) has used the LMUP in her investigation of pregnancy intention
among women with lupus and other rheumatic diseases:
Clowse MEB.
2019
Pregnancy intention among women with SLE and other rheumatic diseases
Lupus Science and Medicine
6(Suppl 1):A80
Conference abstract
Dr Nataliya Brima and colleagues evaluated the LMUP in Krio in Sierra Leone:
Brima N, Samba TT, Yamba A, Barrett G, Stephenson J, Hall J.
2019
Evaluation of the Krio language version of the London Measure
of Unplanned Pregnancy in Western Area, Sierra Leone African
Journal of Reproductive Health
23(4):81-91
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Natalia de Castro Nascimento, Dr Ana Borges and colleagues
used the LMUP in a study of preconception care in Brazil:
Nascimento NC, Borges ALV, Fujimori E.
2019
Preconception health behaviors among women with planned pregnancies
Revista Brazileira de Enfermagem
(Supl 3)
Full Text
Marielle da Silva and colleagues used the LMUP
in a study of adolescents in Brazil:
Silva MJP da, Nakagawa JTT, Silva ALR da, Espinose MM.
2019
Pregnancy planning in adolescence.
Cogitare Enfermagem
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Justine Bukenya,
Dr Rhoda Wanyenze
and colleagues
used the LMUP in a study of female sex workers in Uganda, including evaluation
of the LMUP in four languages (Luganda, Acholi, Lugisu, Runyakole):
Bukenya JN, Nalwadda CK, Neema S, Kyambadde P, Wanyenze RK, Barrett G.
2019
Pregnancy planning among female sex workers: evaluation of the psychometric properties of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy
African Journal of Reproductive Health
23;3:79-95
Abstract and full pdf
Bukenya JN, Wanyenze RK, Barrett G, Hall J, Makumbi F, Guwatudde D.
2019
Contraceptive use, prevalence and predictors of pregnancy planning among female sex workers in Uganda: a cross sectional study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
19:121
Abstract
Dr Leeanne Panisi, Dr Kluckow, Prof Kirstin Black and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of 1441 women
attending antenatal care in the Solomon Islands:
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Panisi LR, Noguchi T, Kluckow H, Black KI.
2019 A cross-sectional study of factors predicting antenatal patients'
knowledge of modern methods of contraception in Honiara, Solomon Islands
Pacific Journal of Reproductive Health
1;9:500-505
Abstract and full pdf
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Kluckow H, Panisis L, Lauri J, Jatubatu, Kim D, Hodges L, Black K.
2018
Socio-demographic predictors of unintended pregnancy
and late antenatal booking in Honiara,
Solomon Islands
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
doi:10.1111/ajo.12782
Abstract
Dr Tessa Madden and colleagues used the LMUP in a study examining enhanced contraceptive care and
“Complete CHOICE”
contraceptive care in three health centres in two Midwest U.S. cities:
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Madden T, Paul R, Maddipati R, Buckel C, Goodman M, Peipert JF.
2019
Comparison of unintended pregnancy at 12 months between two contraceptive care programs; a controlled time-trend design
Contraception
100:196-201
Abstract
Dr Alison Stuebe and colleagues used the LMUP in a longitudinal study of 222 women, recruited in North Carolina,
as part of an assessment of mood (depression and anxiety) during pregnancy and breastfeeding outcomes:
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Stuebe AM, Meltzer-Brody S, Propper C, Pearson B, Beiler P, Elam M, Walker C, Mills-Koonce R, Grewen K.
2019
The mood, mother, and infant study: associations between maternal mood in pregnancy and breastfeeding outcome
Breastfeeding Medicine
14;8:1-9
Abstract
Dr Jenny Hall (UCL) carried out a study in
Malawi examining the relationship between
pregnancy intention and key maternal and neonatal outcomes.
The LMUP was used to assess pregnancy intention.
The evaluation of the LMUP in translation was published in 2013
Further information.
The findings from the main study are now being published:
Hall JA, Stephenson J, Barrett G.
2019
On the stability of reported pregnancy intentions from pregnancy to 1 year postnatally:
impact of choice of measure, timing of assessment, women's characteristics and outcome of pregnancy.
Maternal and Child Health Journal
23:1177-1186
Abstract and full pdf
Hall JA, Barrett G, Copas A, Phiri T, Malata A, Stephenson J (2018)
Reassessing pregnancy intention and its relation to maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes in a low-income setting:
A cohort study.
PLoS ONE
13(10):e0205487.
Abstract and full pdf
Hall J, Stephenson J, Barrett G.
2018
Comparing the order of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy and the
Demographic and Health Survey question on pregnancy intention in a
single group of postnatal women in Malawi ‐ the effect
of question order on assessment of pregnancy intention
BMC Research Notes 11:487
Abstract and full pdf
Stephenson J, Heslehurst N, Hall J, Schoenaker DAJM,
Hutchinson J, Cade JE, Poston L, Barrett G,
Crozier SR, Barker M, Kumaran K, Yajnik CS,
Baird J, Mishra GD. 2018
Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception
period and its importance for future health
Lancet
391:1830-41
Abstract and full pdf
Hall JA, Barrett G, Copas A, Stephenson J. 2017
London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy: guidance for its use as an outcome measure
Patient Related Outcome Measures 8:43-56
Abstract and full pdf
Hall JA, Barrett G, Phiri T, Copas A, Malata A, Stephenson J. 2016
Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Mchinji District, Malawi:
Using a conceptual hierarchy to inform analysis
PlosOne 11(10): e0165621. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165621
Abstract and full pdf
Hall J, Barrett G, Mbwana N, Copas A, Malata A, Stephenson J.
2013
Understanding pregnancy planning in a low-income country setting:
validation of the London measure of unplanned pregnancy in Malawi
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
13:200
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Meagan Chuey, Dr Lisa Kane Low and colleagues (University of Michigan)
are using the LMUP with Syrian refugee women in the United States:
Chuey M, Wu J, Ali I, Low LK.
2019
Conducting reproductive health research with Syrian women who are refugees:
methodological considerations
ACCESS Health Journal
Fourth issue, Spring 2019, p.129-137
Abstract and full text
Dr Ike Puspasari Ayu and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of women having their first baby in Serang City, Indonesia.
Ayu IP, Rachmawati IN, Ungsianik T.
2019
Maternal age as a main factor influencing prenatal distress in Indonesian primigravida
Enfermería Clínica
29 (Supplement 2):310-314
Abstract
Dr Veronica Rahmawati and colleagues used the LMUP with a sample of adolescent mothers in Indonesia:
Rahmawati VY, Rachmawati IN, Budiati T.
2019
Childbirth self-efficacy and childbirth expectation of adolescent
mothers in Indonesia
Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing
42(Supplement 1): 208-216
Abstract
Dr Natalie Hernandez and colleagues (Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA)
used the LMUP in recruitment of interviewees to a qualitative interview study.
Only two items of the LMUP are reported, not full LMUP scores.
Hernandez ND, Chandler R, Nava N, Tamler I, Daley EM, Baldwin JA, Buhi ER, O'Rourke K, Romero-Daza N, Grilo S.
2019
Young adult US-born Latina women's thoughts, feelings and beliefs about unintended pregnancy
Culture, Health and Sexuality
Abstract
Dr Kirsty Brittain, Prof Landon Myer and colleagues used the LMUP in a prospective study,
following women who had initiated antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy,
to assess the relationship between pregnancy intention and health outcomes:
Brittain K, Phillips TK, Zere A, Abrams, EJ, Myer L.
2019
Long term effects of unintended pregnancy on antiretroviral therapy outcomes among South African women living with HIV
AIDS
33;5:885-893
Abstract
Dr Christine Dehlendorf and colleagues (UCSF) used the LMUP as an outcome measure
in a study of the ‘My Birth Control’ decision support tool in clinics providing
family planning in the San Francisco Bay area:
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Dehlendorf C, Fitzpatrick J, Fox E, Holt K, Vittinghoff E, Reed R, Campora MP, Sokoloff A, Kuppermann M.
2019
Cluster randomized trial of a patient-centered contraceptive decision
support tool, My Birth Control.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
220(6):565.e1-e.12
Abstract
Dr Sara Roberts (UCSF) and colleagues (UCSF, University of Maryland, Louisiana State University)
used the LMUP in the Multistate Abortion Prenatal Study,
a large cross-sectional survey across four antenatal providers in the U.S.:
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Roberts SCM, Kimport K, Kriz R, Holl J, Mark K, Williams V. 2018
Consideration of and reasons for not obtaining abortion among women entering prenatal care in
Southern Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-018-0359-4
Abstract and full pdf
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Berglas NF, Williams V, Mark V, Roberts SCM. 2018
Should prenatal care providers offer pregnancy options for counseling?
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
18:384
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Sara Yeatman and colleagues carried out a study of child and parental health in Malawi,
using the LMUP. They presented their findings at the Society of Family Planning conference,
the abstract of which has been published:
Yeatman S, Smith-Greenaway E.
2018
Birth planning and women's and men's health in Malawi
Studies in Family Planning
43;3:213-235
Abstract
Yeatman S, and Smith-Greenaway E. 2016 The relationship between pregnancy plannedness
and parental and child health in Malawi Contraception 94(4):424
Abstract
Dr Joline Goossens and colleagues used the LMUP
in a study of postpartum women in Flanders, Belgium.
The psychometric properties of the Dutch LMUP have been published.
(Further information)
Goossens J, Verhaeghe S, Van Hecke A, Barrett G, Delbaere I, Beeckman D. 2018
Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the
London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in women with pregnancies
ending in birth
PloS ONE 13(4): e0194033
Abstract and full pdf
Goossens J, Beeckman D, Van Hecke A, Delbaere I, Verhaeghe S. 2018
Preconception lifestyle changes in women with planned pregnancies
Midwifery 356:112-120
Abstract
Goossens J, Van Den Branden Y, Van der Sluys L, Delbaere I, Van Hecke A, Verhaeghe S, Beeckman D. 2016
The prevalence of unplanned pregnancy ending in birth, associated factors and health outcomes
Human Reproduction 31;12: 2821-2833
Abstract
Dr Victoria Lyun, Prof Landon Myer and colleagues used the
LMUP in a study of pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa:
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Lyun V, Brittain K, Phillips TK, Le Roux S,
McINtyre JA, Zerbe Z, Petro G, Abrams EJ, Myer L. 2018
Prevalence and determinants of unplanned pregnancy in
HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in Cape Town,
South Africa: a cross-sectional study
BMJ Open
8;4:e019979.
Abstract and full text
Dr Jonathan Bearak (Guttmacher Institute)
and colleagues assessed global trends in unintended pregnancy.
Six studies using the LMUP were included in the analysis:
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Bearak J, Popinchalk A, Alkema L, Sedgh G. 2018
Global, regional, and subregional trends in
unintended pregnancy and its outcomes from 1990 to 2014:
estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model
Lancet Global Health
6;4:e380-e389
Abstract and full text
Dr Ana Borges and colleagues used the LMUP
with a cohort of pregnant women,
following them into the postpartum period,
and assessed their postpartum use of contraception:
Borges ALV, dos Santos OA, Fujimori E. 2018
Concordance between intention to use and current use
of contraceptives among six-month postpartum women in Brazil:
the role of unplanned pregnancy
Midwifery 56:94-101
Abstract
Dr Ahmed Abdulwahab and colleagues (King Saud University) used the LMUP
in a study of women attending antenatal services:
Abdulwahab A, Almotairi A, Alkhamis W, Almutiari A.
2018
Prevalence of unplanned pregnancy and its psychological
effect among pregnant patients in King Khalid University Hospitals
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine 70(6):943-947
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Eman Almaghaslah, Prof Roger Rochat, and Dr Ghada N. Farhat (Emory University)
evaluated the LMUP in Arabic in Saudi Arabia (Further information)::
Almaghaslah E, Rochat R, Farhat G. 2017
Validation of a pregnancy planning measure for
Arabic-speaking women
PloS ONE 12(10): e0185433
Abstract and full pdf
The LMUP will be used in an RCT of sexual health and
nutritional interventions among sex workers in Kenya.
The trial protocol has been published:
Ampt et al. 2017 WHISPER or SHOUT study:
protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
assessing mHealth sexual reproductive health and
nutrition interventions among female sex workers in
Mombasa, Kenya
BMJ Open 7(8): e017388
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Muhammad Atif Habib (Aga Khan University/University of Sydney)
and colleagues carried out a study of 3010 women attending two antenatal
clinics, one in Karachi city and one in Dadu district,
Pakistan, using the LMUP (Further information):
Habib MA, Raynes-Greenow C, Nausheen S, Soofi SB, Sajid M, Bhutta ZA, Black K.
2017
Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancies amongst women attending
antenatal clinics in Pakistan
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 17:156
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Kinga Om and colleagues used the LMUP with women
attending the antenatal clinic of the Jigme Dorji
Wangchuk National Referral Hospital in Bhutan, Thailand:
Om K, Deoisres W, Suppaseemanont W. 2017
Preconception health behaviors and associated factors
of Bhutanese pregnant women attending antenatal care
clinic of National Referral Hospital.
Thai Pharmaceutical and Health Science Journal
12;2:45-56
Abstract and full pdf
The LMUP in Swedish was compared to the single question,
“How planned was your current pregnancy?”
in an analysis by Drevin et al in 2017.
Barrett et al commented on the analysis in 2018:
Drevin J, Kristiansson P, Stern J, Rosenblad A. 2017
Measuring pregnancy planning:
a psychometric evaluation comparison of two scales.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
73:2765-2775
Abstract
Barrett G, Hall JA, Borges ALV, Rocca C, Almaghaslah E, Stephenson J. 2018
Commentary on Drevin et al. (2017)
Measuring pregnancy planning: a psychometric evaluation comparison of two scales.
JAN Interactive
Commentary
Dr Ana Borges and colleagues evaluated the LMUP in Brazilian Portuguese translation:
Borges ALV, Barrett G, dos Santos OA, Nascimento NC, Cavalhieri FB, Fujimori E. 2016
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy
in Brazilian Portuguese
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 16:244
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Paula Castano and Prof Carolyn Westhoff, Colombia University,
used the LMUP in US-English and Spanish translation in 2005 in a study of women seeking pregnancy testing
at a family planning clinic. Dr Aiken led an analysis of these data in 2016. Barrett et al commented on the analysis in 2017:
Aiken ARA, Westhoff CL, Trussell J, Castano PM. 2016
Comparison of a timing-based measure of unintended pregnancy and the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 48;3:139-146
Abstract
Barrett G, Hall JA, Stephenson J. 2017
Measuring unintended pregnancy: the complexity of comparison
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 49;1:69-70
Letter
Full text
Major Ryan J. Heitmann and colleagues used the LMUP in a survey of U.S.
female service members and military health care beneficiaries
aged 18-42 across three tertiary military health centres:
Heitmann RJ, Batig AL, Levy G, Novotney J, Grubbs C, Batig TS,
Gobem JM, Hemman E, Christy AY, Hill MJ. 2016
Unintended pregnancy in the military health care system:
who is really at risk? Military Medicine 181;10:1370-1374
Abstract
Dr Liauw and colleagues carried out a study examining the contraceptive needs
of women in a correctional facility in Ontario, Canada.
They used the LMUP to assess the intention status of women's most recent pregnancy:
Liauw J, Foran J, Dineley B, Costescu D, Kouyoumdjian FG. 2016
The unmet contraceptive need of incarcerated women in Ontario
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 38;9820-826
Abstract
Dr Cheney and colleagues used the LMUP in with women attending an
Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS) in Australia.
The EPAS reviews women who present in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy with
bleeding and/or pain or with other concerns.
Cheney K, Sim KA, D'Souza M, Pelosi M, Black KI.
2016
Unintended pregnancy amongst an early
pregnancy clinic cohort: identifying opportunities for preventative health interventions
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
56(4):426-31
Abstract
Prof. James Trussell and colleagues assessed pregnancy intention
among women attending antenatal clinics and abortion services:
Bexhell H, Guthrie K, Cleland K, Trussell J. 2016
Unplanned pregnancy and contraceptive use in Hull and East Yorkshire
Contraception 93:233-235
Abstract
Dr Abdolreza Shaghaghi and colleagues evaluated the LMUP in
Persian translation in Iran as part of a wider study assessing unmet need for family planning
(Further information):
Roshanaei S, Shaghaghi A, Jafarabadi MA, and Kousha A. 2015 Measuring unintended pregnancies in postpartum Iranian women: validation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 21(8):572-578
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Ana Luiza Vilea Borges used the LMUP in a study of contraceptive use by women following an induced or spontaneous abortion:
Borges ALV, OlaOlorun F, Fujimori E, Akiko L, Hoga K, Tsui AO. 2015
Contrceptive use following spontaneous and induced abortion and its association with family planning services in primary health care:
results from a Brazilian longitudinal study Reproductive Health 12:94
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Ginger Poulton and colleagues used the LMUP with women attending methodone clinics
in a study assessing their reproductive health and choices:
Poulton G, Parlier AB, Scott KR, Fagan EB, Galvin SL. 2015 Contraceptive choices for reproductive age women at methadone
clinics in Western North Carolina MAHEC Online Journal of Research 2:2
Abstract and full pdf
The LMUP was used in the Life Study, the UK's ambitious new cohort study which aimed to
recruit 80,000 pregnant women.
The study, led by Prof. Carol Dezateux at Institute of Child Health, UCL
closed early due to difficulties in recruitment of participants.
Further information
The UK ‘Contessa’ study, a longitudinal study of women's contraceptive use, used the LMUP in its data collection:
Wellings et al. 2015 Stopping and switching contraceptive methods: findings from Contessa, a prospective longitudinal study of women of reproductive age in England Contraception 91:57-66
Abstract
A Swedish study of antenatal clinic attenders used the LMUP in its data collection:
Bodin et al. 2015 Coherence of pregnancy planning within couples expecting a child Midwifery
Abstract
An Argentinian study of women with and without bipolar disorder used the LMUP in its data collection:
Marengo et al.
2015
Unplanned pregnancies and reproductive health among women with bipolar disorder
Journal of Affective Disorders
178:201-205
Abstract
A U.S. study of pregnancy intention among HIV-positive women used the LMUP in their data collection:
Rahangdale et al. 2014 Pregnancy intentions among women living with HIV in the United States Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 65(3):306-311
Abstract
The LMUP was used in a study of antenatal clinic attenders in Papua New Ginuea. (The full LMUP was used in the pilot study then item 6 was dropped in the main study because of low endorsement. Technically, this invalidates the LMUP, but score patterns can be seen.)
Sanga et al. 2014 Unintended pregnancy amongst women attending antenatal clinics at the Port Moresby General Hospital Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 54(4):360-365
Abstract
A pilot randomized trial of an intervention to prevent HIV in young women in Zimbabwe used the LMUP. Little information is given about how the LMUP was adapted for use in the study:
Dunbar et al. 2014 The SHAZ! Project: Results from a pilot randomized trial of a structural intervention to prevent HIV among adolescent women in Zimbabwe PloS ONE 9(11) : e113621. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113621
Abstract
A Danish study of pre-pregnancy health and care used the LMUP in their data collection:
Backhausen et al. 2013 Pregnancy planning and lifestyle prior to conception and during early pregnancy among Danish women European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care
Abstract
An Australian study of women attending an antenatal clinic used the LMUP in their data collection:
Rassi A, Wattimena J, Black K.
2013 Pregnancy intention in an urban Australian antenatal population
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
37:568-73
Abstract
A UK study of women attending for abortion used the LMUP:
Cameron ST, Glasier A. 2013 Identifying women in need of further discussion about the decision to have an abortion and eventual outcome Contraception 88;1:128-132.
Abstract
Diane Morof MD MSc,
Centers for Disease Control and University of California,
San Francisco, has led an evaluation of the LMUP in US English and Spanish
Further information:
Morof D, Steinauer J, Haider S, Liu S, Darney P, Barrett G.
2012 Evaluation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy
in a United States population of women.
PloS One 7(4) Article number e35381
Abstract and full pdf
Morof D, Steinauer J, Haider S, Liu S, Darney P, Barrett G.
2009
Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the London Measure of
Unplanned Pregnancy in a U.S. population of women.
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetricse Vol.107 Supplement 2 p.S275
Abstract
A Brazilian study, led by Dr Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, has used the LMUP:
Borges et al.
2011
Pregnancy planning: prevalence and associated aspects
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
45:2
Abstract
Corinne Rocca MPH PhD of University of California, San Francisco led an evaluation of the LMUP in Tamil and Kannada translation in Bangalore, India
Further information:
Rocca CH, Krishnan S, Barrett G, and Wilson M. 2010 Measuring pregnancy planning: an assessment of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among urban, south Indian women. Demographic Research 23(11):293-334
Abstract and full pdf
Further Information
Skinner R, Doherty D, and Lewis L, of the University of Western Australia, carried out a longitudinal study in Perth, Australia, called, "Why do teenage mothers fall pregnant so quickly? Exploring the bio-psychosocial antecedents of repeat teenage pregnancy".
The LMUP was used in data collection with mothers during pregnancy.
Lewis et al. 2010 Predictors of sexual intercourse and rapid-repeat pregnancy among teenage mothers: an Australian prospective longitudinal study Medical Journal of Australia 193(6):338-42
Abstract
A Canadian study of couples expecting their first child use the LMUP in their data collection:
Lachance-Grzela M and Bouchard G.
2009
The well-being of cohabiting and married couples during pregnancy:
Does pregnancy planning matter?
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
26(2-3):141-159
Abstract
Bouchard G.
2011
The role of psychosocial variables in prenatal attachment:
an examination of moderational effects
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
29(3):197-207
Abstract
Shallimar Jones, of Michigan State University, used the LMUP in her doctoral research on stress during pregnancy, completed in 2007.
Fatim Lakha and Prof Anna Glasier MD FRCOG used the LMUP in a study looking at unplanned pregnancy and emergency contraception use among pregnant women in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lakha F, Glasier A. 2006 Unintended pregnancy and use of emergency contraception among a large cohort of women attending for antenatal care or abortion in Scotland Lancet 368:1782-87
Abstract
Suzanne Cater and Lester Coleman PhD
of the Trust for the Study of Adolescence carried out a study,
funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation,
of 'planned' pregnancy among teenagers.
The LMUP was used as a screening questionnaire to identify potential interviewees.
The report presents the LMUP data and provides a rich qualitative account of the reasons
for teenage 'planned' pregnancies:
Cater S, Coleman L. 2006 'Planned' Teenage Pregnancy: Perspectives of young parents from disadvantaged backgrounds. Bristol: Policy Press
Abstract and full pdf
Coleman L, Cater S.
2006
‘Planned’ teenage pregnancy: perspectives of young women from disadvantaged backgrounds in England
Journal of Youth Studies
9(5):593-614
Abstract
Catherine Schünmann MD, and Prof Anna Glasier MD FRCOG, Edinburgh, used a modified version of the LMUP in a randomised controlled trial of contraceptive advice at the time of abortion. G Barrett's comment on the unevaluated modified measure and the author's response were published in January 2007.
Schünmann C, and Glasier A. 2006 Measuring pregnancy intention and its relationship with contraceptive use among women undergoing therapeutic abortion Contraception 73:520-524.
Abstract
Barrett G. 2007 Letter to the Editor Contraception 75:79
Letter
Schünmann C. 2007 Response to Letter to the Editor Contraception 75:79
Prof Kaye Wellings,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues
used the LMUP in a survey component of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Evaluation.
The LMUP findings are presented on page 63 and 64
of the final report and in corresponding sections in the earlier annual reports.
Wellings K et al. 2005 Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Evaluation: Final Report Synthesis. London: LSHTM
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