Table 4 Participants’ views about treatment for HDPs
Question | Response | Preterm (n = 545) | Term (n = 262) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
14. I would feel nervous taking one baby aspirin per day to reduce my risk of developing preeclampsia without being sure that there were no effects on my baby many years later. | Agree | 175 | 32.1 | 119 | 45.4 | .0002 |
Disagree | 370 | 67.9 | 143 | 54.6 | ||
15. Even though there are no studies to prove that a woman’s diet is related to getting preeclampsia, I would be willing to significantly change my diet to try to reduce my risk. | Agree | 506 | 92. | 243 | 92.7 | ns |
Disagree | 39 | 7.2 | 19 | 7.3 | ||
16. I would be willing to consider other treatments with possible side effects in order to reduce my chance of getting preeclampsia. | Agree | 450 | 82.6 | 205 | 78.2 | ns |
Disagree | 95 | 17.4 | 57 | 21.8 | ||
17. Because baby aspirin has been shown in some studies to safely decrease some women’s risk of developing preeclampsia, I would be willing to take it throughout pregnancy even if it may not help me at all. | Agree | 516 | 94.7 | 228 | 87.0 | .00015 |
Disagree | 29 | 5.3 | 34 | 13.0 | ||
18. I would be willing to participate in a research study to test a medication that has been shown to be safe for the baby, but has not yet been used by pregnant women, if it may help prevent preeclampsia. | Agree | 433 | 79.4 | 187 | 71.4 | ns |
Disagree | 112 | 20.6 | 75 | 28.6 | ||
19. When thinking about experimental treatments to prevent preeclampsia, I am more worried about the possibility of getting preeclampsia than I am about the risks of those treatments to my health. | Agree | 365 | 67.0 | 144 | 55.0 | .0009 |
Disagree | 180 | 33.0 | 118 | 45.0 | ||
20. When thinking about possible treatments to improve my pregnancy outcomes, I am more concerned with the safety of the treatment to my unborn baby’s health than I am to my health. | Agree | 500 | 91.7 | 236 | 90.1 | ns |
Disagree | 45 | 8.3 | 26 | 9.9 | ||