Pregnant women’s preferences for and concerns about preterm birth prevention: a cross-sectional survey

Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression of the likelihood of not following healthcare provider’s recommendation

Variables^a	Progesterone		Cerclage		Pessary
Variables^a	Multivariate Analysis OR (95% CIs)	p-value^b	Multivariate Analysis OR (95% CIs)	p-value^b	Multivariate Analysis OR (95% CIs)	p-value^b
Pregnant Women’s Characteristics
European or White-Caucasian ethnicity (self-reported)					0.41 (0.17, 1.01)	0.05
Not married or in common-law relationship	5.88 (1.72, 20.00)	0.0049
Preterm Birth Prevention Issues^c
Preference for no prevention			3.39 (1.93, 5.96)	<0.0001	2.99 (1.51, 5.92)	0.002

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CIs, confidence intervals. ^a“Preferred no prevention” included women who preferred no prevention or close-monitoring or were not using a prevention if they were at increased risk for preterm birth; ^bSignificance was assessed using chi-squared test

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