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 Jenny Hall and colleagues evaluated the introduction of the LMUP in routine
antenatal care in London, England:
Hall J, Stewart C, Stoneman B, Bicknell T, Duncan H, Stephenson J, Barrett G.
2024
Implementation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in routine antenatal care:
a mixed-methods evaluation in three London NHS Trusts
European Journal of Midwifery
8:26
Abstract and pdf
Drs Alisa Carlander, Jenny Niemeyer Hultstrand and colleagues used the
LMUP when examining the maternal and pregnancy outcomes of
women giving birth in Sweden:
Reuterwall I, Hultstrand JN, Carlander A, Jonsson M, Tyden T, Kullinger M.
2024
Pregnancy planning and neonatal outcome – a retrospective cohort study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
24:205
Abstract and full pdf
Carlander A, Hultstrand JN, Reuterwall I, Jonsson M, Tyden T, Kullinger M.
2023
Unplanned pregnancy and the association with maternal health and
pregnancy outcomes: a Swedish cohort study
PloS ONE
18(5):e0286052
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Lisbet Lundsberg, Dr Aileen Gariepy and colleagues used the LMUP with women seeking pregnancy testing or abortion care in the U.S.:
Markowitz MA, Lundsberg LS, Gariepy AM.
2024
A multidimensional and longitudinal exploratory study of the stability of pregnancy contexts in the United States
Women's Health Reports
5;1
Abstract and full pdf
Lundsberg LS, Cutler AS, Stanwood NL, Yonkers KA, Gariepy AM.
2020
Association of pregnancy contexts with depression and low social support in early pregnancy
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
52;3:161-170
Abstract
Dr Marta Bornstein, Prof Jessica Gibson and colleagues used the LMUP
in the UTHA longitudinal study examining sexual and reproductive health
in Malawi, examining infertility and unplanned pregnancy:
Bornstein M, Gemmill A, Norris AH, Huber-Krum S, Gipson JD.
2023
Pregnancy and pregnancy intention after experiencing infertility: a longitudinal study of women in Malawi
PloS Global Health
3(11):e0001646
Abstract and full pdf
Comment on Bornstein et al. Thwaites A, Barrett G, Hall J, Stephenson J.
2024
Pregnancy after infertility: a global issue
PloS Global Health
Comment
Dr Hala Mohamed Hall and colleagues used the LMUP in a survey of 300 married women in Beni-Suef in Egypt:
Hassan HM, Ali LA, Abozied AM.
2024
Knowledge of emergency contraception and acceptability of unplanned pregnancy
among married women in reproductive age in Beni-Suef
Egyptian Journal of Health Care
15;1:1603-1618
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Eman Almaghaslah and colleagues used the LMUP in a case-control
study among post-partum women in Saudi Arabia:
Almaghaslah E, Al Saif A, Algadeeb K, Albannay Z, Al Thani J, Al-Saleh W, Alrashed M, AlSaleh H.
2023
Preterm birth associated factors. A case-control study.
Preprint
Prof Zelalem Tenaw and colleagues used the LMUP in a survey of
women with disabilities in Ethiopia:
Tenaw Z, Gari T, Gebretsakik A.
2023
Unintended pregnancy and its associated factors among women with
disabilities in central Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia:
a multilevel analysis
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
23:522
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Belarmina Muleva, Dr Ana Borges and colleagues evaluated the LMUP in Mozambique and carried out other analyses:
Reis-Muleva B, Borges ALV, Duarte LS, dos Santos CCS, Nascimento NC.
2023
Assessment of the quality of antenatal care in Mozambique
Midwifery
118:103598
Abstract and full pdf
Muleva BR, Borges ALV, Hall JA, Barrett G.
2022
Evaluation of the Portuguese version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in Mozambique:
a psychometric measurement study
African Journal of Reproductive Health
26;2:47-57
Abstract and full pdf
Reis-Muleva B, Duarte LS, Silva CM, Gouveia LMR, Borges ALV.
2021
Antenatal care in Mozambique: Number of visits and gestational age at the beginning of antenatal care
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
29:e3481
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Celia Karp and colleagues used the LMUP in the Gates-funded
Performance Monitoring Action Ethiopia (PMA-Ethiopia) study.
Dr Barrett and colleagues commented on the reported evaluation of the LMUP,
identifying significant limitations.
Publications from PMA-Ethiopia relating to the LMUP are ongoing:
Karp C, Moreau C, Shiferaw S, Seme A, Yihdego M, Zimmerman LA.
2023
Evaluation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP)
among a nationally representative sample of pregnant and postpartum women Ethiopia
Contraception X 5:100094
Abstract and full pdf
Barrett G, Borges ALV, Bukenya JN, Olani AB, Hall JA.
2023
Evaluation of the LMUP in Ethiopia: Requirements, challenges and best practice
Contraception X 5:100097
Full text and pdf
Karp C, Moreau C, Shiferaw S, Seme A, Yihdego M, Zimmerman L.
2023
Response to “Evaluation of the LMUP in Ethiopia: Requirements, challenges and best practice”
Contraception X 5:100099
Full text and pdf
Zimmerman LA, Karp C, Magalona S, Shiferaw S, Seme A, Ahmed A.
2023
Exploring multiple measures of pregnancy preferences and their
relationship with postpartum contraceptive uptake using
longitudinal data from PMA Ethiopia
Studies in Family Planning
Full text and pdf
Dr Kate Cheney, Prof Kirsten Black and colleagues explored using
the LMUP into antenatal care in New South Wales, Australia:
Black KI, Dorney E, Hall JA, Pelosi M, Khan SA, Cheney K.
2023
Using a validated instrument to assess pregnancy planning and preconception
care at antenatal booking visits: a retrospective cohort study
Medical Journal of Australia
219;8:366-370
Abstract and pdf
Cheney K, Black K, Pelosi M, Dorney E.
2023
Introduction of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy at the
booking visit and the midwives' perspective
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
49:112-117
Abstract
Black K, Dorney E, Pelosi M, Khan S, Cheney K.
2022
Introduction of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy at the
booking visit
Women and Birth
35;Supplement 1:7-8
Abstract
Dr Andrew Baxter and the Natsal team used the LMUP in the Natsal-COVID study in 2021:
Baxter A, Geary RS, Dema E, Perez RB, Riddell J, Willis M, Conolly A,
Oakley L, Copas A, Gibbs J, Bonell C, Sonnenberg P, Mercer CH, Clifton S, Field N, Mitchell K.
2023
Contraceptive use and pregnancy planning in Britain during the
first year of the COVID-19 pandemic:
findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID)
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
Online First
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Marta Ruiz-Alguero and colleagues used the LMUP in the CoRIS
(Cohort of the Spanish AIDS Research Network) study with women who were pregnant in 2020:
Ruiz-Alguero M, Izquierdo R, Suarez-Garcia I, Moreno C, Alejos B,
Rava M, Moreno S, Alonso MM, Gutierrez F, Cuellar IG, Curran A, Hernando V, Jarrin Im
Cohort of the Spanish HIV/AIDS Research Network (CoRIS).
2023
Unplanned pregnancies and social and partner support during pregnancy in Spanish women living with HIV
HIV Medicine
1-11
Abstract
 
Dr Gentiane Perrault Sullivan (University of Quebec) and colleagues
used the LMUP as inspiration for a prospective measure of pregnancy
intention in their study of sex workers in Benin and Mali:
Perrault Sullivan G, Guedou FA, Tounkara FK, Behanzin L, Camara N, Aza-Gnandji M,
Keita BD, Azonnadou O, Thera I, Avery L, Alary M.
2023
Longitudinal study of pregnancy intention and its association with
pregnancy occurrence among female sex workers in Benin and Mal.
Reproductive Health
20:25
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Natacha De Genna and colleagues (University of Pittsburgh)
use three items from the LMUP in their YoungMoms study:
De Genna N, Kennon-McGill S, Goldschmidt L, Richardson GA, Chang JC.
2023
Factors associated with ever using cannabidiol in a cohort of
younger pregnant people
Neurotoxicology and Teratology
96:107162
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:
Catalao R, Chapota H, Chorwe-Sungani G, Hall J.
2023
The impact of depression at preconception on pregnancy planning
and unmet need for contraception in the first postpartum year:
a cohort study from rural Malawi
Reproductive Health
20:36
Abstract and full pdf
Stewart CL, Hall JA.
2022
Factors that affect the utilisation of maternal healthcare
in the Mchinji District of Malawi
PloS ONE
17(12):e0279613
Abstract and full pdf
Mwase-Musicha L, Chipeta MG, Stephenson J, Hall JA.
2022
How do women prepare for pregnancy in a low-income setting?
Prevalence and associated factors
PloS ONE
17(3): e0263877.
Abstract and full pdf
Hall JA, Stephenson J, Barrett G.
2021
Evaluating the Chichewa version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in Malawi:
a validation update
BMC Research Notes
14:231
Abstract and full text
Abstract and full pdf
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
The LMUP was used in an RCT of sexual health and
nutritional interventions among sex workers in Kenya.
The trial protocol was published published in 2017 and the first findings in 2020:
Simmelink AM, Gichuki CM, Ampt FH, Manguro G, Lim MSC, Agius P,
Hellard M, Jaoko W, Stoove MA, L'Engle K, Temmerman M, Gichangi P, Luchters S.
2022
Assessment of the lifetime prevalence and incidence of induced
abortion and correlates among female sex workers in Mobassa, Kenya:
a secondary cohort analysis
BMJ Open
12:e053218
Abstract and full pdf
Ampt FH, Lim MSC, Agius PA, L'Engle K, Manguro G, Gichuki C et al.
2020
Effect of a mobile phone intervention for female sex workers on unintended pregnancy
in Kenya (WHISPER or SHOUT): a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Lancet Global Health
5;12:e1534-45
Abstract and full pdf
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 Lisa Callegari, Dr Sonya Borrero and colleagues are using the
LMUP as an outcome measure in the MyPath trial of a reproductive decision support tool:
Callegari LS, Benson SK, Mahorter SS, Nelson KM, Arterburn DE,
Hamilton AB, Taylor L, Hunter-Merrill R, Gawron LM, Dehlendorf C, Borrero S.
2022
Evaluating the MyPath web-based reproductive decision support tool
in VA primary care: Protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial
Contemporary Clinical Trials
122:106940
Abstract
Dr Jordis Zill and colleagues are using the LMUP in a study to
explore person-centered care for women with unintended pregnancies in Germany:
Zill JM, Lindig A, Reck LM, Scholl I, Harter M, Hahlweg P.
2022
Assessment of person-centeredness in healthcare and social support
services for women with unintended pregnancy (CarePreg):
a protocol for a mixed-method study
BMJ Open
12:e066939 Abstract and full pdf
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Samreen Muhammad, Prof Naila Ehsan and colleagues used the LMUP
in a survey of pregnant married women attending a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan:
Muhammad SF, Umar F, Baloch NS, Batool U, Ehsan N.
2022
Prevalence of unplanned pregnancies and factors leading to it
among married females visiting tertiary care hospital
International Journal of Health Sciences
6(S7), 4465-4472
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Fateme Nejad and colleagues have carried out a study looking
at the association between intimate partner violence and unplanned pregnancy:
Nejad FK, Alidousti K, Bagheri N.
2022
Effects of unplanned pregnancy on the initiation of intimate
partner violence in Southeast Iran
Preprint abstract and pdf
Dr Mengyu Zhong and colleagues used data, which included the LMUP,
from the Mom2b mobile phone app in Sweden to explore methods to
predict antenatal depression:
Zhone M, Van Zoest V, Bilal AM, Papadopoulos FC, Casetllano G.
2022
Unimodal vs. multimodal prediction of antenatal depression from
Smartphone-based survey data in a longitudinal study ICMI'22:
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
Abstract and full conference paper
Dr Celia Melo and Dr Ana Luiza Vilea Borges used the LMUP in a study of women users of primary care centres in Sao Paulo:
Melo CR, Nascimento NC, Duarte LS, Borges ALV.
2022
Vulnerability to experiencing an unintentional pregnancy among women who use the Unified Health System
Acta Paul Enferm
35:eAPE0310345
Abstract and full pdf
Veronique Maas and colleagues used the LMUP in the APROPOS-II study which included pregnant women in Holland:
Maas VYF, Poels M, Ista E, Menge LF, Vanden Auweele KLHE, de Bie RWA, de Smit DJ, van Vliet-Lachotzki EH, Franx A, Koster MPH.
2022
The effect of a locally trailored intervention on the uptake of preconception care in the Netherlands:
a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial (APROPOS-II study)
BMC Public Health
22:1997
Abstract and full pdf
Maas VYF, Poels M, de Kievit MH, Hartog AP, Franx A, Koster MPH.
2022
Planning is not equivalent to preparing,
how Dutch women perceive their pregnancy planning in relation to preconceptional lifestyle
behaviour change - a cross-sectional study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
22:577
Abstract and full pdf
The LMUP is being used in the English reproductive health “tracker” survey that is currently being developed:
McCarthy OL, Palmer MJ, Gubijev A, Wellings K, Mann S, Leon L, Callaghan F, Patterson S, French RS.
2022 Achieving proportional representation in a reproductive health survey through
social media: process and recommendations
BMC Public Health
22:1370
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Shajitha Thekke Veettil and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of women attending antenatal care in Qatar:
Alam MT, Veetil ST, Khudhadad H, Islam N.
2022
The prevalence of unplanned pregnancy among women attending antenatal primary care clinics in Qatar
World Family Medicine/Middle East Journal of Family Medicine
20;5:25-31
Abstract and full pdf
The LMUP will be used in a study by Ayesha Bilal and colleagues in Sweden:
Bilal AM, Fransson E, Brann E, Eriksson A, Zhong M, Giden K, Elofsson U, Axfors C, Skalkidou A, Papadopoulos F.
2022
Predicting perinatal health outcomes using smartphone-based digital phenotyping
and machine learning in a prospective Swedish cohort (Mom2B): study protocol
BMJ Open
12:e059033
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Nandaja Narayanan and colleagues carried out a qualitative study that included asking health professionals in
Early Pregnancy Units their thoughts on asking about pregnancy intention via the LMUP:
Narayanan N, Reynolds-Wright JJ, Cameron ST.
2022
Views of clinicians towards providing contraceptive advice and contraception to women
following early pregnancy loss: a qualitative study
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
48;4:281-287
Abstract
Dr Sara Yeatman and colleagues used the LMUP as part of Tsogolo la Thanzi (TLT),
a longitudinal study of young Malawian adults:
Chamberlin S, Njerenga S, Smith-Greenaway E, Yeatman S.
2022
Women's life experiences and shifting reports of pregnancy planning
Maternal and Child Health Journal
26:1719-1726
Abstract
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 Neerujah Balachandren and colleagues from UCL and UCLH
used the LMUP in the CAP-COVID study
which included community-recruited pregnant women in the UK during the Covid19 pandemic:
Balachandren N, Barrett G, Stephenson JM, Yasmin E, Mavrelos D, Davies M, David A, Hall JA.
2022
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on access to contraception and pregnancy intentions:
a national prospective cohort study of the UK population
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
48;1:60-65
Abstract and full pdf
Tamara Shirzad, Prof Sara Esmaelzadeh-Saeieh
and colleagues used the LMUP as part of a study of women attending antenatal care,
examining the relationship between pregnancy intention and maternal and infant outcomes:
Shirzad T, Yazdkhasti M, Rahimzadeh M, Salehi L, Esmaelzadeh-Saeieh S.
2022
The Relationship between Pregnancy Intention, Pregnancy Outcomes, Postpartum Depression, and Maternal Role Adaptation.
Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery
32;2:152-160
Abstract and full pdf
Dr Marcus Bergman, Dr Helena Kopp-Kallner and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of
women attending emergency early pregnancy care in hospital:
Bergman M, Gray AM, Sollier N, Sjostrand M, Kopp-Kallner H.
2022
Intendedness of pregnancies and preconception contraceptive use in women of Swedish
and non-European origins seeking emergency care in early pregnancy
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
48;1:41-46
Abstract
A systematic review of pregnancy intention and smoking and alcohol consumption included LMUP data
from the Lang et al (2020) paper.
The review concluded that unintended pregnancy was significantly associated with both, before and during pregnancy:
Yu P, Jiang Y, Zhou L, Li K, Xu Y, Meng F, Zhou Y.
2022
Association between pregnancy intention and smoking or alcohol consumption in the preconception
and pregnancy periods: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Clinical Nursing 31;9-10:1113-1124
Abstract
Dr Selamawit Woldesenbet, Dr Adrian Puren and colleagues used two
items of the LMUP in national antenatal survey in South Africa::
Woldensbet S, Kufa T, Manda S, Ayalew K, Lombard C, Cheyip M, Puren A.
2022
Association between viral suppression during the third trimester of
pregnancy and unintended pregnancy among women on antiretroviral therapy:
Results from the 2019 antenatal HIV Sentinel Survey, South Africa
PloS ONE
17(3): e0265124
Abstract and full pdf
Woldensenbet S, Kufa T, Lombard C, Manda S, Morof D, Cheyip M, Ayalew K, Puren A.
2021
The prevalence of unintended pregnancy and its association with
HIV status among pregnant women in South Africa,
a national antenatal survey, 2019
Scientific Reports
11:23740
Abstract and full pdf
Sushmita Das and colleagues evaluated the Hindi LMUP as part of an RCT to improve the health of women and children in Mumbai, India:
Das S, Hall J, Barrett G, Osrin D, Kapadia S, Jayaraman A.
2021
Evaluation of the Hindi version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy
among pregnant and postnatal women in urban India
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
21:602
Abstract and full pdf
Parastou Mahmoudi, Dr Marjan Ahmad Shirvani and colleagues used the LMUP
as part of an RCT for an intervention aimed at improving maternal-fetal attachment
and maternal mental health of mothers with unintended pregnancies in Iran:
Mahmoudi P, Elyasi F, Nadi A, Shirvani MA.
2021
The effect of maternal-fetal attachment-based training programme on maternal mental health
following an unintended pregnancy
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
Online first
Abstract
Dr Chloe Teasdale, Dr Kirsty Brittain and colleagues used the LMUP
in a survey of adolescents living with HIV in Nampula, Mozambique.
They report four items of the LMUP:
Teasdale CA, Brittain K, Zerbe A, Mellins CA, Falcao J, Couto A, De Gusmao EP, Vitale M,
Kapogiannis B, Simione TB, Myer L, Mantell J, Desmond C, Abrams EJ.
2021
Characteristics of adolescents aged 15-19 years living with vertically and
horizontally acquired HIV in Nampula, Mozambique
PloS ONE
16;4:e0250218
Abstract and full text
Dr Helena Kopp Kallner and colleagues used the LMUP in a study of women
attending gynaecological emergency care in early pregnancy in Sweden:
Bergman M, Gray AM, Sollier N, Sjostrand M, Kallner HK.
2021
Intendedness of pregnancies and preconception contraceptive use in women of
Swedish and non-European origins seeking emergency care in early pregnancy
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
Online first
Abstract
Dr Sumeyye Altiparmak and colleagues evaluated the LMUP with 596 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Eastern Turkey:
Altiparmak S, Yilmaz AN, Derya YA.
2021
The Turkish validity and reliability study of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
47;4:1362-1370
Abstract
Dr Novita Rahmah and Dr Wiwit Kurniawati adapted the LMUP for use in their study of marriage readiness among prospective brides in Jakarta, Indonesia:
Rahmah N, Kurniawati W.
2021
Relationship between marriage readiness and pregnancy planning among prospective brides
Journal of Public Health Research
10;S1:2405
Abstract
Dr Brenly Rowland, Dr Corinne Rocca and Dr Lauren Ralph used the LMUP
in a study of pregnant women in U.S. primary and reproductive health clinics:
Rowland BB, Rocca CH, Ralph LJ.
2021
Certainty and intention in pregnancy decision-making: an exploratory study
Contraception
Abstract
Dr Aardra Rajendran, Dr Megan Clowse and colleagues used the LMUP
in a study of pregnant women with lupus, including an examination of pregnancy outcomes:
Rajendran A, Eudy A, Balevic SJ, Clowse MEB.
2021
The importance of pregnancy planning in lupus pregnancies
Lupus
30;5:741-751
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:
Tanton C, McDonagh L, Cabecinha M, Clifton S, Geary R, Rait G, Saunders J, Cassell J, Bonell C, Mitchell KR, Mercer CH.
2021
How does the sexual, physical and mental health of young adults not in education,
employment or training (NEET) compare to workers and students?
BMC Public Health
21:412
Abstract and pdf
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
Dr Eman Elshrqawy and Dr Elnemr used the LMUP in a study of 1254 pregnant women in El-Mansoura City, Egypt:
Elshrqawy EH, Elnemr AM.
2021
Prevalence of unintended pregnancy and associated factors among pregnant women
attending antenatal clinics
Clinical Nursing Studies
9;1:29-38
Abstract and full pdf
A systematic review of unintended pregnancy and postnatal depression included LMUP data from the
Hall et al (2018) paper.
The review concluded that unintended pregnancy was significantly associated with postnatal depression:
Qiu X, Zhang S, Sun X, Li Haiou, Wang D.
2020
Unintended pregnancy and postpartum depression: a meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
138:110259
Abstract
Dr Amy Claridge and colleagues carried out a mixed methods study to investigate prenatal
depression among women in the third trimester of pregnancy in the U.S,
using three items form the LMUP to assess pregnancy intention:
Claridge AM, Beeson T, Wojtyna A, Hoxmeier J.
2021
Pregnant women's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method exploration of prenatal depression
Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice
10;3:168-178
Abstract
The LMUP was used in the VESPA study, a UK national study of women attending Early Pregnancy Assessment Units:
Memtsa M, Goodhart V, Ambler G, Brocklehurst P, Keeney E, Silverio S, Anastasiou Z, Round J, Khan N, Hall J, Barrett G, Bender-Atik R, Stephenson J, Jurkovic D.
2020
Variations in the organisation of and outcomes from Early Pregnancy Assessment Units: the VESPA mixed-methods study
Health Services Delivery Research
8;46
Abstract and full pdf
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 colleagues used the LMUP
in a study of 400 nursing mothers in Nigeria:
Afolabi AO, Olaogun AA, Afolabi KA.
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
Afolabi AO, Olaogun A, Afolabi KA, Afolabi EK
2020
Contraceptive preference ans associated factors:
implication of pregnancy intentions among nursing mothers in Southwest Nigeria
Women's Health Bulletin
7;4:19-32
Abstract and full text
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 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 Annette Thwaites and colleagues carried out a survey of the contraceptive
preferences and needs of women on a London postnatal ward:
Thwaites A, Logan L, Nardone A, Mann S.
2019
Immediate postnatal contraception: what women know and think
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
45;2:111-117
Abstract and pdf
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 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 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 Elsa du Toit and colleagues used the LMUP in a study examining circumstances of
pregnancy among women attending Maternal Mental Health Clinics in South Africa
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Du Toit E, Jordaan E, Koen L, Leppanen JM, Niehaus D.
2018
London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for South African women with mental illness:
exploring perspectives on pregnancy
South African Journal of Psychiatry
24;0
Conference 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
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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