Does offering prenatal screening influence pregnant women's attitudes regarding prenatal testing?
| Autor: | Kleinveld JH; Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., van den Berg M, van Eijk JT, van Vugt JM, van der Wal G, Timmermans DR |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Community genetics [Community Genet] 2008; Vol. 11 (6), pp. 368-74. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Aug 05. |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000133309 |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: This study aims to find out whether offering prenatal screening for Down syndrome and neural tube defects influences pregnant women's attitudes toward having a screening test. Methods: Women were randomised into a group that was offered prenatal screening and a group that was not offered screening (controls). Both groups completed questionnaires before screening was offered, after the offer (not the control group), and in the last trimester of pregnancy. Results: Women with a neutral attitude at baseline who accepted the screening test had a more positive attitude, decliners became more negative and the attitude of the control group did not change. Conclusion: Offering prenatal screening triggers a change in some pregnant women's attitude regarding prenatal testing. This instability of women's attitudes may pose a problem for determining whether some women made an informed choice. (Copyright 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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