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Table 2 Previous experience with clinical blood pressure disease or monitoring

From: Facilitators and barriers to home blood pressure monitoring among pregnant women in Ghana: a mixed-methods analysis of patient perspectives

Experience Factor

All Participants

(N = 194)a

Interview Participants (N = 33)a

Hypertensive Disorder in Prior Pregnancy

 No

184 (95.3)

30 (90.9)

 Yes

9 (4.7)

3 (9.1)

Chronic Hypertension

 No

179 (92.8)

28 (84.9)

 Yes

14 (7.3)

5 (15.2)

Family History of Preeclampsiab

 No

169 (88.0)

28 (87.5)

 Yes

23 (12.0)

4 (12.5)

Prior Experience Measuring Own BP

 No

162 (85.7)

30 (93.8)

 Yes

27 (14.3)

2 (6.3)

  1. Data presented as n (%)
  2. BP Blood pressure
  3. aCategories may not total to overall N values due to missingness
  4. bMother or sister