Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research (TCMCR)

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No.2 Clare Street
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland
D02 PN40

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tcmcr@tcd.ie

Publications

  • Hannon S, Gartland D, Higgins A, Brown SJ, Daly D. Health care across the first year postpartum and experiences of women with anxiety/depressive symptoms: A longitudinal cohort of first-time mothers in Ireland (MAMMI). Arch Women’s Ment Health. 2026 Feb 5;29(1):34. doi: 10.1007/s00737-025-01670-2. PMID: 41642372; PMCID: PMC12876076.
  • Hannon K, Eustace-Cook J, Daly D, Smith V. Stakeholders' Experiences and Perspectives of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Trials: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. Health Expectations. 2025 Dec;28(6):e70495. doi: 10.1111/hex.70495.
  • Wuytack F, Lynch B, Moran P, Fitzgerald AP, Corcoran P, Begley C, Daly D. The prevalence and persistence of maternal morbidities after first vs. second birth: A prospective cohort study in Ireland. PLoS One. 2025 Oct 22;20(10):e0332891. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332891.
  • Hannon S, Higgins A, Daly D. Women's perspectives on resilience and research on resilience in motherhood: A qualitative study. Health Expectations. 2023;26(4):1575-1583. DOI
  • de Wet M, Hannon S, Hannon K, Axelin A, Uusitalo S, Bartels I, Eustace-Cook J, Escuriet R, Daly D. Systematic review of ethical issues in perinatal mental health research. Nursing Ethics. 4;30(4). DOI
  • Hannon S, Gartland D, Higgins A, Brown SJ, Carroll M, Begley C, Daly D. Physical health and comorbid anxiety and depression across the first year postpartum in Ireland (MAMMI study): A longitudinal population-based study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2023;328:228-237. DOI
  • Hannon K, Nilsen ABV, Murphy M, Eri TS, Leahy-Warren P, Corcoran P, Downe S, Daly D. What women identify as positive aspects and areas for improvement of maternity care and services in Ireland: An online survey. Women and Birth. 2023;36(4):341-348. DOI
  • Panda S, Begley C, Daly D. Clinicians' views of factors influencing decision-making for CS for first-time mothers-A qualitative descriptive study. PLoS One. 2022; 28;17(12):e0279403. DOI
  • Hannon S, Newnham E, Hannon K, Wuytack F, Johnson L, McEvoy E, Daly D. Positive postpartum well-being: What works for women. Health Expectations. 2022;25(6):2971-2981. DOI
  • Daly D, Moran P, Wuytack F, Cusack C, Hannon K, Begley C. Prevention and treatment of peripartum urinary incontinence-a survey of hospital-based maternity services in Ireland. International Urogynecology Journal. 2022;33(12):3481-3489. DOI
  • Daly D, Higgins A, Hannon S, O'Malley D, Wuytack F, Moran P, Cusack C, Begley C. Trajectories of Postpartum Recovery: What is Known and Not Known. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 20221;65(3):594-610. DOI
  • Panda S, Begley C, Corcoran P, Daly D. Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study. Birth. 2022;49(4):812-822. DOI
  • Hannon S, Gartland D, Higgins A, Brown SJ, Carroll M, Begley C, Daly D. Maternal mental health in the first year postpartum in a large Irish population cohort: the MAMMI study. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 2022;25(3):641-653. DOI
  • Hannon S, Daly D, Higgins A. Resilience in the Perinatal Period and Early Motherhood: A Principle-Based Concept Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022;19(8):4754. DOI
  • Wuytack F, Moran P, Daly D, Begley C. Is there an association between parity and urinary incontinence in women during pregnancy and the first year postpartum? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2022;41(1):54-90. DOI
  • O'Malley D, Smith V, Higgins A. Sexual health issues postpartum-A mixed methods study of women's help-seeking behavior after the birth of their first baby. Midwifery. 2022 Jan;104:103196. DOI
  • Wuytack F, Moran P, Daly D, Panda S, Hannon K, Cusack C, O'Donovan M. A systematic review of utility-based and disease-specific quality of life measurement instruments for women with urinary incontinence. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2021 Jun 3. DOI
  • Daly D, Moran P, Wuytack F, Hannon S, Hannon K, Martin Y, Peoples M, Begley C, Newnham E. The maternal health-related issues that matter most to women in Ireland as they transition to motherhood - a qualitative study, Women and Birth, 2021. DOI
  • Newnham E, Moran P, Carroll M, Begley C, Daly D. Comparison of labour and birth outcomes between nulliparous women who used epidural analgesia in labour and those who did not: a prospective cohort study, Women and Birth, 2020:S1871-5192(20)30318-8. DOI
  • Szafranska M, Carroll M, Begley C, Daly D. Factors associated with maternal readmission to hospital, attendance at emergency rooms or visits to general practitioners within three months postpartum, European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 2020;254:251-258. DOI
  • Wuytack F, Begley C, Daly D. Risk factors for pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: a scoping review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2020;20(1):739. DOI
  • Moran P, Daly D, Wuytack F, Carroll M, Turner M, Normand C, Begley C. Predictors of choice of public and private maternity care among nulliparous women in Ireland, and implications for maternity care and birth experience, Health Policy, 2020:124(5):556-562. DOI
  • Moran P, Wuytack F, Turner M, Normand C, Brown S, Begley C, Daly D. Economic burden of maternal morbidity – a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies. PLoS ONE, 15(1), 2020: pe0227377. DOI
  • Moran PS, Normand C, Gillen P, Wuytack F, Turner M, Begley C, Daly D. Economic implications of reducing caesarean section rates - Analysis of two health systems. PLoS One. 2020:28;15(7):e0228309. DOI
  • Moran P, Daly D, Wuytack F, Carroll M, Turner M, Normand C, Begley C. Predictors of choice of public and private maternity care among nulliparous women in Ireland, and implications for maternity care and birth experience, Health Policy, 2020:124(5):556-562. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.02.008.
  • Moran P, Wuytack F, Turner M, Normand C, Brown S, Begley C, Daly D. Economic burden of maternal morbidity – a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies. PLoS ONE, 15(1), 2020: pe0227377. doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0227377
  • Moran PS, Normand C, Gillen P, Wuytack F, Turner M, Begley C, Daly D. Economic implications of reducing caesarean section rates - Analysis of two health systems. PLoS One. 2020:28;15(7):e0228309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228309
  • Daly D, Cusack C, Begley C. Learning about pelvic floor muscle exercises before and during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study. International Urogynecology Journal, 2019(6):965-975.doi: 10.1007/s00192-018-3848-3.
  • Daly D, Carroll M, Barros M, Begley C. Stop, think, reflect, realize – first-time mothers’ views on taking part in longitudinal maternal health research, Health Expectations, 2019(3):415-425. doi: 10.1111/hex.12861.
  • Daly D, Rasmussen AV, Dalsgaard A. Learning about midwifery in another country from a distance: evaluation of a virtual classroom learning session. Nurse Education Today, 2019;75:47-52. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.01.007.
  • Daly D, Hannon S, Brady V. Motivators and challenges to research recruitment – a qualitative study with midwives. Midwifery, 2019;74:14-20. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.03.011.
  • O'Malley D, Smith V, Higgins A. Women's solutioning and strategising in relation to their postpartum sexual health: A qualitative study. Midwifery. 2019 Oct;77:53-59. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.06.012
  • Daly D, Hannon S, Brady V. Motivators and challenges to research recruitment – a qualitative study with midwives. Midwifery, 2019;74:14-20. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.03.011.
  • O'Malley D, Smith V, Higgins A. Women's solutioning and strategising in relation to their postpartum sexual health: A qualitative study. Midwifery. 2019 Oct;77:53-59. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.06.012
  • Panda S, Daly D, Begley C, Karlström A, Larsson B, Bäck L, Hildingsson I. Factors influencing decision-making for caesarean section in Sweden – a qualitative study, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018;18:377. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-2007-7.
  • Daly D, Clarke M, Begley C. Urinary incontinence in nulliparous women: prevalence, incidence, type and risk factors, International Urogynecology Journal, 2018(3):353-362. DOI: 10.1007/s00192-018-3554-1.
  • O Malley D, Higgins A, Begley C, Daly D, Smith V. Prevalence of and risk factors associated with sexual health issues in primiparous women at 6 and 12 months postpartum; a longitudinal prospective cohort study (the MAMMI study), BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18, (196), 2018. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1838-6
  • Panda S, Begley C, Daly D. Clinicians' views of factors influencing decision-making for caesarean section: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies, PLoS One, 13, (7), 2018, pe0200941. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200941.
  • Wuytack F, Daly D, Curtis E, Begley C. Prognostic factors for pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, a systematic review, Midwifery, 2018 66:70-78. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.07.012.
  • Panda S, Begley C, Daly D. Clinicians' views of factors influencing decision-making for caesarean section: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies, PLoS One, 13, (7), 2018, pe0200941. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200941
  • Wuytack F, Daly D, Curtis E, Begley C. Prognostic factors for pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, a systematic review, Midwifery, 2018 66:70-78. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.07.012
  • O'Malley D, Higgins A, Smith V. Postpartum sexual health: a principle-based concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2015 Oct;71(10):2247-57. doi: 10.1111/jan.12692.
  • Wuytack F, Curtis E, Begley C. The health-seeking behaviours of first-time mothers with persistent pelvic girdle pain after childbirth in Ireland: A descriptive qualitative study. Midwifery. 2015 Nov;31(11):1104-9. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.07.009.
  • Wuytack F, Curtis E, Begley C. Experiences of First-Time Mothers With Persistent Pelvic Girdle Pain After Childbirth: Descriptive Qualitative Study. Physical Therapy. 2015 Oct;95(10):1354-64. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20150088.
  • O'Malley D, Smith V. Altered sexual health after childbirth: Part 2. The Practising Midwife. 2013 Feb;16(2):27-9. PMID: 23461233.
  • O'Malley D, Smith V. Altered sexual health after childbirth: part 1. The Practising Midwife. 2013 Jan;16(1):30-2. PMID: 23431666.

Invited Talks

  • Daly D and Hannon S, The MAMMI study - using the co-developed resources to support women as mothers, Cuidiu National Conference 2025, The Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, 4 October, 2025
  • Daly D, The importance of listening to and learning from women’s experiences, HIQA’s National Maternity Experience Survey 2025 - Launch of Findings, Online Webinar, 16 November, 2025
  • Daly D, Hannon S, Perinatal Mental Health: Findings from the MAMMI study, Supporting Perinatal Mental Health in Ireland: Evidence to Date and Plans for the Future, Online webinar, 12 March 2025
  • Daly D, Listening to women, EpiKNOW showcase - Knowledge exchange and launch release of new resources, RCSI, 27 November, 2025
  • Daly D, Influencing Policy and Changing Practice through Research, Research in Action: Shaping Policy, Driving Change-Series, Webinar, 10 September, 2025
  • Daly D and Hannon S, Enhanced postnatal care in the community - women's and healthcare professionals' experiences, National Women’s and Infants Health Programme National Midwifery Conference, Portlaoise, Co Laois, 14 May, 2025.
  • Daly D, Deaf women's experience of maternity care in Ireland, National Disability Authority Annual Conference 2025, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, 16 November 2025
  • Daly D, Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners-Led Research Reaching the peak, Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners-Led Conference - Reaching the peak, Rotunda Hospital, 22 October, 2025.
  • Daly D, The MAMMI Study, Advancing Women’s Health Research in Ireland: Bridging Gaps and Building Collaborative Pathways, RCSI, Dublin, 11 March 2025
  • Daly D and Hannon S, Perinatal Mental Health in Ireland, North/South Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (NSIPA), Dundalk, Ireland, 27 September, 2024
  • Daly D and Hannon S, Women's health before and during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum, National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) Annual Study Day, Portlaoise, 19 January, 2024
  • Daly D and Hannon S, Women's physical and mental health before and during pregnancy, and up to one year after their first baby’s birth, National Women's Council’s Exploratory Roundtable on Perinatal Mental Health, Dublin, 8 November, 2023
  • Daly D, What matters to women (and what women birthing in Ireland want and need), All Ireland 2023 Maternity & Midwifery Festival, The Helix, Dublin City University, Dublin., 18 April, 2023
  • Daly D, Translating maternal health research into maternal health resources and practice, HSE National Strategy and Research Directorate, Research & Dissemination Share & Learn Seminar, Online, 15 March, 2023
  • Daly D, Women’s physical and mental health pre, during and post-pregnancy - What do the experts say? Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Science week 2022 - Women's health panel discussion, Morrison Hotel, Dublin, 17 November, 2022