Research Article

Role of Usual Healthcare Combined with Telemedicine in the Management of High-Risk Pregnancy in Hangzhou, China

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

CharacteristicsUsual group (N = 93465)Telemedicine group (N = 134884)

Age (years), N (%)
 ≤18230 (0.24)580 (0.43)
 19–3488921 (95.14)127467 (94.50)
 35–392880 (3.08)3997 (2.96)
 ≥401434 (1.54)2840 (2.10)
Highest education degree, N (%)
 Primary education4673 (5.00)5514 (4.09)
 Secondary education35517 (38.00)49877 (36.99)
 University degree53275 (57.00)79493 (58.93)
Parities, N (%)
 Primipara48023 (51.38)71875 (53.29)
 Multipara45442 (48.62)63009 (46.71)
Gravidity, N (%)
 137753 (40.39)55884 (41.43)
 228057 (30.02)50668 (37.56)
 ≥327655 (29.59)28332 (21.00)

Compared with the usual group, maternal ratio of ≤18 years old and ≥40 years old was significantly increased ( value <0.05).