Table 1.
Coding framework
| Categories | Codes | |
|---|---|---|
| Access to healthcare | Appointments |
GP Midwife Practice nurse |
| Continuity of care | ||
| Handover of care | ||
| Travel | ||
| Strategies to improve access | ||
| Time pressures | New baby | |
| Other children | ||
| Special care baby unit admission | ||
| Time spent on self-management | ||
| Communication with healthcare professionals | Confidence in communicating with healthcare professionals | |
| Listening | ||
| Explanations | ||
| Knowledge base of healthcare professionals | ||
| Information provision | Information from healthcare professionals | |
| Written information | ||
| Online information | ||
| Past experiences | ||
| Other sources of information | ||
| Control | Control of BP | |
| Understanding of BP | ||
| Responsibility sharing | ||
| Detection of problems | ||
| Adjustment of antihypertensive medication | ||
| Compliance with antihypertensive medication | ||
| Anxiety and stress | Personal | |
| Relationships | ||
| Impacts on lifestyle | ||
| Impact of BP monitoring | ||
| Home BP monitoring | HBPM advantages | |
| HBPM concerns | ||
| Sharing HBPM readings with healthcare professionals | ||
| White coat effect | ||
| Voluntary HBPM | ||
| Role of antenatal HBPM | ||
| Telemonitoring and self-management | Ease of use | |
| Suggested improvements | ||
| Preference for/recommendation of self-management | ||