 MOST is currently seeking new participants for the ongoing research surveys listed below. These studies are open to any MOST Member. If you would like to obtain a survey questionnaire, please contact the MOST office. MOST also publishes summaries from outside research studies related to multiple births and premature infants on MOST's Medical News page.
Attention researchers: If you are conducting a research study on multiple births and would like to involve MOST families, please submit a Research Study Contract (PDF) for consideration.
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The MOST Medical Birth Survey is a longitudinal study started in 1988. The survey collects data pertaining to socio-demographic status, medical, gynecologic, and obstetric history, pregnancy, perinatal, and neonatal events related to higher-order multiple pregnancies and births. The survey also gathers information regarding breastfeeding and ongoing developmental and medical challenges in multiple birth children. The database of responses currently contains over 1300 participants and over 4000 infants. This survey is one of the most comprehensive and extensive databases on multiple births in the world.
Primary researcher: Kelly Ross, MD Instructor, Division of Newborn Medicine Washington University School of Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, MOST Medical Director
Additional researchers: Maureen A. Doolan Boyle, MOST Executive Director; Elizabeth Pector, MD, FAAFP, MOST Advisory Board; Laurie LaMonde Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist; Kate Collopy, Ph.D., RN, CCNS Bioethics; Karen Lohan, RN FAAFP, MOST Advisory Board; Lauretta Shokler, MOST Technology Director |
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The MOST Subsequent Pregnancy survey, started in 2004, is an ongoing study specifically designed to gather information about pregnancies and births following the birth of higher-order multiples. The survey contains questions about socio-demographic status, medical, gynecologic, and obstetric history, as well as pregnancy, perinatal and neonatal events for each mother's higher-order multiple pregnancy and birth and all subsequent pregnancies. The database for this survey currently contains 32 participants.
Primary researcher: Diane Wipfler, OTR/L, MOST Chairman/Associate Medical Director
Additional researchers: Maureen A Doolan Boyle, MOST Executive Director; Lauretta Shokler, MOST Technology Director |
MOST is recognized as a trusted and recommended link for health information on multiple births by HealthFinder, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website that provides reliable online health information.
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*To view the latest statistics extracted from these surveys,
visit MOST’s Supertwins Statistics page. |
