The Cover Letter
We estimated the study would have a population of over 3000 enthusiastic participants.
UNCW Station
P. O. Box 20888
Wilmington, NC 28407
Medical Coordinator
Baptist Hospital Obstetrical Clinic – Winston Salem
Duke University Obstetrical Clinic – Durham
University of North Carolina Medical Center
Obstetrical Clinic – Chapel Hill
Pitt Memorial Medical Center
Obstetrical Clinic – Greenville
Dear Ms./Mr. Medical Coordinator,
Enclosed please find a copy of a survey the Women’s Program at University of North Carolina at Wilmington has compiled. The survey’s goal is to rate the quality of life couples, single mothers and mothers with other partners have before they become pregnant, during their pregnancy and for six months after their pregnancy. We are using the tired and true PANAS scale in the survey as we feel mood, in a private-personal sense, is a good indicator to quality of life for a women.
It is our desire to distribute this survey from a mailing list of obstetrical patients from the last six months of your program. They can determine their involvement. All answers can be anonymous or identities shared. As coordinator of this study the mailing lists will be kept in complete confidentiality to be destroyed when the mailings are complete.
Our goal is to also have the results published to enhance an understanding of women in North Carolina and their experience with their pregnancies. The greater hope is that these results will pass on information about women in general to improve the quality of life of women, expectant mothers and couples, as well as parents of children.
We would appreciate your assistance by mailing a copy in confidence to the address above. In looking forward to your assistance in this matter, I thank you.
Sincerely,
