Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of all patients, based on the additional questionnaire (N=27).
| Baseline characteristics | General population (n=5) |
IVF-intervention group (n=9) |
IVF-control group (n=9) |
Men (n=4) |
|
| Focus group, n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 33.0 (5.1) | 33.7 (5.1) | 35.2 (4.3) | 43.3 (17.5) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||
| Single | — | — | 1 (11) | — | |
| Married or living together, without children | 1 (20) | 4 (44) | 3 (33) | 4 (100) | |
| Married or living together, with children | 4 (80) | 5 (56) | 5 (56) | — | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||
| Dutch or Western | 5 (100) | 8 (89) | 9 (100) | 4 (100) | |
| Non-Dutch, non-Western | — | 1 (11) | — | — | |
| Education, n (%) | |||||
| None | — | — | — | — | |
| Low | — | — | 1 (11) | — | |
| Middle | 1 (20) | 3 (33) | 1 (11) | — | |
| High | 4 (80) | 6 (67) | 7 (78) | 4 (100) | |
| Smoking (yes), n (%) | — | — | 1 (11) | 1 (25) | |
| Alcohol consumption (yes), n (%) | 1 (20) | 1 (11) | 4 (44) | 4 (100) | |
| Drug use, n (%) | — | — | — | — | |
| Vitamin use, n (%) | 1 (20) | 7 (78) | 7 (78) | 1 (25) | |
| Medication use, n (%) | 1 (20) | — | 1 (11) | 1 (25) | |
| Comorbidity, n (%) | 3 (60) | 2 (22) | 3 (33) | 2 (50) | |
| Mode of conception, n (%) | |||||
| Spontaneous | 3 (60) | 1 (11) | 1 (11) | — | |
| Hormonal treatment | — | — | — | — | |
| IVF or ICSI | — | 5 (56) | 4 (44) | 2 (50) | |
| Nulliparous | 1 (20) | 6 (67) | 5 (56) | 4 (100) | |
| Familiar with preconception care, n (%) | 2 (40) | 8 (89) | 4 (44) | 4 (100) | |
| Received preconception care, n (%) | 2 (40) | — | 2 (22) | — | |