The objectives for this research are:
1. To understand how women with CKD perceive their pregnancy risk.
2. To examine the associations between biopsychosocial factors (demographics, psychosocial factors, renal and pregnancy history) and women with CKD's perception of risk in pregnancy.
3. To examine the relationship between pregnancy-related intention and perception of pregnancy risk in women with CKD.
4. To gain an in-depth understanding of the biopsychosocial factors which influence risk perception and pregnancy-related behaviour, in women with CKD who perceive high and low risk perceptions.
To achieve these objectives this study is divided into two phases:
Phase 1: Quantitative assessment of risk perception and biopsychosocial factors in women with CKD Phase 2: Qualitative exploration of risk perception in women with CKD with high and low risk perception scores
