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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pregnancy Hypertens. 2025 Nov 2;42:101273. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2025.101273

Table 4.

Extent to which each factor served as motivating/enabling factor to dietary counseling.

Mean Likert
Value
Qualitative value
Time during appointment 3.6 Moderate to great extent
Patient motivation 3.4 Moderate to great extent
Patient is obese 3.0 Moderate extent
Patient is overweight 2.4 Some to moderate extent
Patient has chronic hypertension 1.6 Small to some extent
Patient has gestational hypertension 1.4 Small extent
Patient has preeclampsia 1.3 Small extent
Patient has history of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy 1.2 Small extent