Abstract
Objective: To elucidate patients’ knowledge and counseling perspective on aspirin reducing the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Methods: A quantitative survey was performed including women who are members of the patient orgasnization Dutch HELLP Foundation due to a history of HDP. Results: Awareness of the risk-reducing effect of aspirin on HDP was present in 51.9% of the 189 women. The majority was informed by their gynecologist (89.8%) and preferred to be informed by a gynecologist (79.4%), at the postpartum checkup (42.3%) or in the consecutive pregnancy (30.7%), both orally and written (62.4%). Conclusion: Half of the women with a history of HDP were aware of the risk-reducing effect of aspirin in a consecutive pregnancy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 371-378 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Hypertension in pregnancy |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2020 |
Keywords
- Aspirin
- HELLP
- gestational hypertension
- placenta
- preeclampsia