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Figure 1. Four main themes and their subcategories resulting from the focus groups Table 1. Participant characteristics Hospital admission (n = 11) Telemonitoring (n = 11) Age; mean (SD) 30.6 (6.6) 32.1 (5.0) Nulliparous; n (%) 8 (72.7) 7 (63.6) Dutch origin a 9 (81.8) 8 (72.7) Educational level b Low 2 (18.2) 2 (18.2) Intermediate 3 (27.2) 2 (18.2) High 6 (54.5) 7 (63.6) Diagnosis; n (%) PPROM 4 (36.4) 1 (9.1) FGR 3 (27.2) 7 (63.6) PE 4 (36.4) 3 (27.2) Length of monitoring in days, mean (SD) 17.9 (14.9) 15.8 (12.2) Length of monitoring in days; range 7-60 7-49 Legend: PPROM, preterm rupture of membranes; FGR, fetal growth restriction; PE, preeclampsia a Both parents born in the Netherlands (Dutch National Office of Statistics) b Education was defined as ‘low’ (elementary school, lower level of secondary school), ‘Intermediate’ (higher level of secondary school) and ‘high’ (post-secondary and university) CHAPTER 8 130