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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Home-based telemonitoring versus hospital admission in high risk pregnancies: a qualitative study on women’s experiences

 

Hospital admission (n = 11)

Telemonitoring (n = 11)

Age; mean (SD)

 

30.6 (6.6)

32.1 (5.0)

Nulliparous; n (%)

 

8 (72.7)

7 (63.6)

Dutch origin a

 

9 (81.8)

8 (72.7)

Educational level b

Low

2 (18.2)

2 (18.2)

Intermediate

3 (27.2)

2 (18.2)

High

6 (54.5)

7 (63.6)

Diagnosis; n (%)

PPROM

4 (36.4)

1 (9.1)

FGR

3 (27.2)

7 (63.6)

PE

4 (36.4)

3 (27.2)

Length of monitoring in days, mean (SD)

 

17.9 (14.9)

15.8 (12.2)

Length of monitoring in days; range

 

7–60

7–49

  1. PPROM preterm rupture of membranes, FGR fetal growth restriction, PE preeclampsia.
  2. a Both parents born in the Netherlands (Dutch National Office of Statistics; Statistics of the Netherlands)
  3. b Education was defined as ‘low’ (elementary school, lower level of secondary school), ‘Intermediate’ (higher level of secondary school) and ‘high’ (post-secondary and university)