Views and preferences of medical professionals and pregnant women about a novel primary prevention intervention for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a qualitative study

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics pregnant women (n = 25)

Characteristics
Maternal age (mean, range)	31.4 (24–38)
Parity	(n =, %)
Primiparous	18 (72)
Multiparous	7 (28)
Highest level of education
Vocational	5 (20)
Professional	10 (40)
Academic	8 (32)
Unknown	2(8%)
Living area^a
Lower urbanized	11 (44)
High-urbanized	14 (56)
Migration background^b
Dutch	23 (9)
non-Dutch	2 (8)
General experience with preeclampsia^c
Yes	12 (48)
No	13 (52)

^aThe living area was defined as lower urbanized if the surrounding address density was less than 1500 per km2 and high-urbanised area if this was more than 2500 addresses per km²
^bIn the Netherlands migration background is defined by country of birth of a person’s parents. If one or both parents are born outside the Netherlands it is defined as ‘non-Dutch’ [57]
^cGeneral experience was described as ‘have or have not people in your social environment who have experienced preeclampsia’

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