Table 1.
Demographic, clinical, and technology use characteristics of pregnant participants, and proportion interested in using a website or mobile application to help them gain a healthy amount of weight during pregnancy by these characteristics, among women receiving routine prenatal care at hospital-based obstetric clinics in [STATE], April-August 2012 (N=64)a
| Total sample, n (%) |
Interested in Internet-delivered gestational weight gain intervention, n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| 18–24 years | 19 (30) | 17 (89) |
| 25–29 years | 27 (42) | 24 (89) |
| 30+ years | 18 (28) | 14 (78) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 31 (48) | 28 (90) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 8 (13) | 6 (75) |
| Hispanic/Latina | 18 (28) | 14 (78) |
| Other race/ethnicity | 7 (11) | 7 (100) |
| Education | ||
| High school/GED or less | 27 (42) | 23 (85) |
| Trade/technical school or some college | 19 (30) | 16 (84) |
| Bachelors degree or higher | 18 (28) | 16 (89) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 32 (50) | 27 (84) |
| Living with partner | 17 (27) | 14 (82) |
| Single, separated, divorced, or widowed | 15 (23) | 14 (93) |
| Hard to pay for basics | ||
| Not at all hard | 36 (58) | 28 (78) |
| Somewhat or very hard | 26 (42) | 25 (96) |
| Pre-pregnancy weight status | ||
| Underweight | 3 (5) | 3 (100) |
| Normal weight | 29 (48) | 24 (83) |
| Overweight | 14 (23) | 12 (86) |
| Obese | 14 (23) | 13 (87) |
| First pregnancy | ||
| No | 39 (61) | 32 (82) |
| Yes | 25 (39) | 23 (92) |
| Trimester of pregnancy | ||
| First trimester | 9 (15) | 9 (100) |
| Second trimester | 27 (45) | 23 (85) |
| Third trimester | 24 (40) | 22 (92) |
| Internet access during past four weeks | ||
| Daily Internet access | 57 (89) | 50 (88) |
| Less frequently than daily | 4 (6) | 3 (75) |
| No Internet access past four weeks | 3 (5) | 2 (67) |
| Daily Internet access from smartphone and/or tablet computer | ||
| Yes | 48 (75) | 42 (88) |
| No | 16 (25) | 13 (81) |
| Looked online for information about pregnancy or baby during this pregnancy | ||
| Yes | 60 (94) | 52 (87) |
| No | 4 (6) | 3 (75) |
a
May not sum to n=64 due to missing data in characteristics; n’s provided.