Table 4.
Demographic and background characteristics of study participants with a preference for pretest GC model and duration
| Preferences toward pretest GC model | Preferences toward pretest GC duration (minutes in length) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 110a | In-person GC (n = 92) | Classroom or group GC (n = 15) | n = 112b | ≥30c (n = 33) | <15 (n = 17) | |||||
| Number | Number (%) | p value | Number (%) | p value | Number | Number (%) | p value | Number (%) | p value | |
| Age at questionnaire (years) | 0.611 | 0.461 | 0.120 | 0.071 | ||||||
| <35 | 49 | 40/49 (81.6) | 8/49 (16.3) | 50 | 11/50 (22.0) | 11/50 (22.0) | ||||
| ≥35 | 61 | 52/61 (85.2) | 7/61 (11.5) | 62 | 22/62 (35.5) | 6/62 (9.7) | ||||
| Age of husband at questionnaire (years) | 0.906 | 0.915 | 0.402 | 0.182 | ||||||
| <35 | 38 | 32/38 (84.2) | 5/38 (13.2) | 37 | 9/37 (24.3) | 8/37 (21.6) | ||||
| ≥35 | 72 | 60/72 (83.3) | 10/72 (13.9) | 75 | 24/75 (32.0) | 9/75 (12.0) | ||||
| Age difference among couples | 0.306 | 0.079 | 0.515 | 0.898 | ||||||
| Pregnant women > husbands | 35 | 32/35 (91.4) | 1/35 (2.9) | 36 | 10/36 (27.8) | 6/36 (16.7) | ||||
| Husbands > pregnant women | 58 | 46/58 (79.3) | 11/58 (19.0) | 59 | 16/59 (27.1) | 9/59 (15.3) | ||||
| No age difference | 17 | 14/17 (82.4) | 3/17 (17.7) | 17 | 7/17 (41.2) | 2/17 (11.8) | ||||
| Education. | 0.539 | 0.888 | 0.844 | 0.617 | ||||||
| University or higher level degree | 79 | 65/79 (82.3) | 11/79 (13.9) | 80 | 24/80 (30.0) | 13/80 (16.3) | ||||
| Others | 31 | 27/31 (87.1) | 4/31 (12.9) | 32 | 9/32 (28.1) | 4/32 (12.5) | ||||
| Annual household income (×10,000 yen) | 0.167 | 0.292 | 0.462 | 0.089 | ||||||
| <1000 | 65 | 57/65 (87.7) | 7/65 (10.8) | 67 | 18/67 (26.9) | 7/67 (10.5) | ||||
| ≥1000 | 45 | 35/45 (77.8) | 8/45 (17.8) | 45 | 15/45 (33.3) | 10/45 (22.2) | ||||
| Employment | 0.320 | 0.677 | 0.477 | 0.408 | ||||||
| Full-time employment | 68 | 55/68 (80.9) | 5/42 (11.9) | 69 | 22/69 (31.9) | 12/69 (17.4) | ||||
| Others | 42 | 37/42 (88.1) | 10/68 (14.7) | 43 | 11/43 (25.6) | 5/43 (11.6) | ||||
| Self-reported depressed mood during the past month | 0.502 | 0.786 | 0.190 | 0.077 | ||||||
| Yes | 25 | 22/25 (88.0) | 3/25 (12.0) | 25 | 10/25 (40.0) | 1/25 (4.0) | ||||
| No | 85 | 70/85 (82.4) | 12/85 (14.1) | 87 | 23/87 (26.4) | 16/87 (18.4) | ||||
| Self-reported anhedonia during the past month | 0.150 | 0.242 | 0.015 | 0.186 | ||||||
| Yes | 19 | 18/19 (94.7) | 1/19 (5.3) | 19 | 10/19 (52.6) | 1/19 (5.3) | ||||
| No | 91 | 74/91 (81.3) | 14/91 (15.4) | 93 | 23/93 (24.7) | 16/93 (17.2) | ||||
| Gestational age at questionnaire (weeks) | 0.739 | 0.626 | 0.513 | 0.599 | ||||||
| <10 | 45 | 37/45 (82.2) | 7/45 (15.5) | 46 | 12/46 (26.1) | 6/46 (13.0) | ||||
| ≥10 | 65 | 55/65 (84.6) | 8/65 (12.3) | 66 | 21/66 (31.8) | 11/66 (16.7) | ||||
| Parity | 0.542 | 0.957 | 0.691 | 0.730 | ||||||
| Nulliparous | 74 | 63/74 (85.1) | 10/74 (13.5) | 75 | 23/75 (30.7) | 12/75 (16.0) | ||||
| Parous | 36 | 29/36 (80.6) | 5/36 (13.9) | 37 | 10/37 (27.0) | 5/37 (13.5) | ||||
| History of spontaneous abortion | 0.074 | 0.571 | 0.139 | 0.742 | ||||||
| Yes | 30 | 22/30 (73.3) | 5/30 (16.7) | 30 | 12/30 (40.0) | 4/30 (13.3) | ||||
| No | 80 | 70/80 (87.5) | 10/80 (12.5) | 82 | 21/82 (25.6) | 13/82 (15.9) | ||||
| Method of conception | 0.666 | 0.449 | 0.457 | 0.216 | ||||||
| Natural conception | 56 | 46/56 (82.1) | 9/56 (16.1) | 57 | 15/57 (26.3) | 11/57 (19.3) | ||||
| Pregnancy after infertility treatment | 54 | 46/54 (85.2) | 6/54 (11.1) | 55 | 18/55 (32.7) | 6/55 (10.9) | ||||
| Fetal number | 0.492 | 0.643 | ||||||||
| Singleton | 99 | 82/99 (82.8) | 14/99 (14.1) | 100 | 33/100 (33.0) | 0.018 | 15/100 (15.0) | 0.879 | ||
| Multiple | 11 | 10/11 (90.9) | 1/11 (9.1) | 12 | 0/12 (0.0) | 2/12 (16.7) | ||||
GC genetic counseling
aFour participants who answered “don’t know” to the questions about preference for GC models were excluded from this analysis
bTwo participants who answered “don’t know” to the questions about preference for duration of pretest GC time were excluded from this analysis
cIncludes participants who preferred 30–59 min only, as no participants preferred ≥60 min