Observational study to assess pregnant women’s knowledge and behaviour to prevent toxoplasmosis, listeriosis and cytomegalovirus

Pereboom, Monique T R; Manniën, Judith; Spelten, Evelien R; Schellevis, François G; Hutton, Eileen K

doi:10.1186/1471-2393-13-98

Table 2 Characteristics of pregnant women and median knowledge score per infectious disease; N = 1,097

From: Observational study to assess pregnant women’s knowledge and behaviour to prevent toxoplasmosis, listeriosis and cytomegalovirus

	Total	Toxoplasmosis		Listeriosis		CMV
Determinants	N^*(%)	Median knowledge score²	p-value³	Median knowledge score²	p-value³	Median knowledge score²	p-value³
Age
17-25 year	148 (13.5)	4.0	0.27	1.0	.000*	0.0	.40
26-34 year	761 (69.4)	4.0		2.0		0.0
35-42 year	188 (17.1)	4.0		2.0		0.0
Education¹
Low	116 (10.6)	3.0	.000*	1.0	.000*	0.0	.53
Medium	356 (32.5)	4.0		1.0		0.0
High	624 (56.9)	4.0		2.0		0.0
Other nationality	34 (3.1)	3.0	.72	2.0	.24	0.0	.004*
Dutch nationality	1061 (96.9)	4.0	.72	2.0	.24	0.0	.004*
Dutch spoken at home	1073 (97.9)	4.0	.99	2.0	.60	0.0	.05*
Other language than Dutch spoken at home	23 (2.1)	3.0	.99	2.0	.60	0.0	.05*
Not living in a deprived area	1062 (96.8)	4.0	.64	2.0	.48	0.0	.09
Living in a deprived area	25 (3.2)	3.0	.64	1.5	.48	0.0	.09
Planned pregnancy	931 (85.3)	4.0	.00**	2.0	.005*	0.0	.78
Unplanned pregnancy	161 (14.7)	3.0	.00**	1.0	.005*	0.0	.78
Partner/married	1084 (98.9)	4.0	.001*	2.0	.008*	0.0	.29
Single	12 (1.1)	0.0	.001*	0.0	.008*	0.0	.29
1^st en 2^nd phase of pregnancy	462 (42.1)	4.0	.19	2.0	.16	0.0	.74
3^th phase of pregnancy	635 (57.9)	4.0	.19	2.0	.16	0.0	.74
Primigravidae	409 (37.8)	4.0	.95	2.0	.044*	0.0	.53
Multigravidae	672 (62.2)	4.0	.95	2.0	.044*	0.0	.53
Did take folic acid in 1^st trimester	1039 (95.1)	4.0	.09	2.0	.22	0.0	.25
Did not take folic acid in 1^st trimester	53 (4.9)	3.0	.09	1.0	.22	0.0	.25
Did not smoke during pregnancy	1026 (94.0)	4.0	.002*	2.0	.000*	0.0	.53
Smoked during pregnancy	66 (6.0)	3.0	.002*	1.0	.000*	0.0	.53
Never worked as a health care professional	710 (64.8)	3.0	.000*	1.0	.000*	0.0	.000*
Ever worked as a health care professional	386 (35.2)	4.0	.000*	2.0	.000*	0.0	.000*
Never worked as a child day care worker	959 (87.5)	4.0	.35	2.0	.71	0.0	.59
Ever worked as a child day care worker	137 (12.5)	3.5	.35	1.5	.71	0.0	.59

* Denominator varies due to missing values (between 0 and 10 missings per variable).
¹ Low level of education: medium- level secondary education or below; medium level of education: higher level secondary education or vocational education; high level of education: diploma level or university education.
² Maximum possible scores: toxoplasmosis = 6; listeriosis = 3; CMV = 3.
³ Differences in knowledge scores per characteristic (Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test).

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