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Table 1 Demographics of survey and interview participants

From: Benefits and barriers of home blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy: perspectives of obstetric doctors from a Ghanaian tertiary hospital

Characteristic

Survey participants (n = 75) Frequency (proportion)

Interview participants (n = 22) Frequency (proportion)

Clinical role

  House Officer

23 (30.7%)

4 (18.2%)

  Junior Resident in

17 (22.7%)

6 (27.3%)

  Obstetrics/Gynaecology

25 (33.3%)

8 (36.4%)

  Senior Resident in

10 (13.3%)

4 (18.2%)

  Obstetrics/Gynaecology

  

  Consultant (“attending”) in Obstetrics/Gynaecology

  

Gender

  Male

54 (73.0%)

18 (81.8%)

  Female

20 (27.0%)

4 (18.2%)

  Other/ Prefer Not To Respond

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Years in practice as a doctor

  < 1

21 (28.0%)

4 (18.2%)

  1—5

5 (6.7%)

2 (9.1%)

  6—10

19 (25.3%)

8 (36.4%)

  11—20

25 (33.3%)

7 (31.8%)

  > 20

5 (6.7%)

1 (4.5%)

Average patients with preeclampsia managed weekly

  0—5

20 (27.0%)

5 (22.7.0%)

  6—10

40 (54.1%)

8 (36.4%)

  11—15

8 (10.8%)

4 (18.2%)

  16—20

3 (4.1%)

5 (22.7%)

  > 20

3 (4.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Average patients with eclampsia managed monthly

  0

7 (9.3%)

3 (13.6%)

  1

28 (37.3%)

7 (31.8%)

  2

12 (16.0%)

7 (31.8%)

  3

11 (14.7%)

5 (22.7%)

  4

4 (5.3%)

0 (0.0%)

  5 or higher

13 (17.3%)

0 (0.0%)