| Women's attitudes to the successive decisions possibly involved in prenatal screening for Down syndrome: how consistent with their actual decisions? | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 20872424 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
OBJECTIVES: To investigate women's attitudes to successive decisions possibly involved in Down syndrome screening (i.e. about ultrasound and biochemical screening, invasive testing, and termination of pregnancy) and to compare attitudes and actual decisions. METHODS: Four hundred women were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire within 3 days postpartum. A hierarchical cluster analysis identified respondents with similar attitudes, and logistic regressions assessed the effects of factors relating to decision-making on attitudes. RESULTS: Three hundred and ninety-one women returned the questionnaire. Three clusters of women were identified. Two clusters comprised respondents stating that decision-making should be based on attitudes to either termination of pregnancy (32.8%) or invasive testing-related miscarriage (30.2%). The third cluster (37.0%) considered that obtaining information about pregnancy should be the main objective when deciding about biochemical screening or invasive testing. Multivariate logistic regressions showed some consistency between attitudes and previous decisions. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Providing information and eliciting women's attitudes towards the sequence of decisions possibly involved in Down syndrome screening could help them make their decisions about screening and/or invasive testing in line with their attitudes. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Valerie Seror; Yves Ville |
Related Documents
:
|
1519974 - Potential impact of population screening for prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart dis... 11758134 - Hypoglycemia in the newborn. 8941784 - Tooth-surface loss related to pregnancy-induced vomiting. 12742334 - Antenatal screening for human platelet antigen-1a: results of a prospective study at a ... 6657674 - Renal function in pregnant rats with two-kidney goldblatt hypertension. 17000494 - Scuba diving and pregnancy: can we determine safe limits? |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Prenatal diagnosis Volume: 30 ISSN: 1097-0223 ISO Abbreviation: Prenat. Diagn. Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2010-10-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 8106540 Medline TA: Prenat Diagn Country: England |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 1086-93 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
INSERM, UMR912 Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Societies (SE4S), F-13000 Marseilles, France. valerie.seror@inserm.fr |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Overcoming learning barriers through knowledge management.
Next Document: Hb Baden: structural and functional characterization.