ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2014
Attitudes of pregnant women and male partners towards non-invasive prenatal testing and widening the scope of prenatal screening.
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- Facilitating informed choice about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis of women's experiences.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Pooled it
- Perspectives of Pregnant People and Clinicians on Noninvasive Prenatal Testing: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-synthesis.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2019Pooled it
- Should the scope of NIPT be limited by a 'threshold of seriousness'?European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
- Mainstreaming genetics into Italian prenatal care: exploring the future implementation of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in the Italian National Healthcare System using stakeholder interviews.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Awareness of down syndrome screening among educated Muslim women is associated with a favorable attitude toward testing.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Factors affecting couples' decision making about expanded prenatal cell-free DNA screening.Genetics in medicine open · 2024Article
- Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): is routinization problematic?BMC medical ethics · 2023Article
- Decision-making process about prenatal genetic screening: how deeply do moms-to-be want to know from Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing?BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Patient attitudes and preferences about expanded noninvasive prenatal testing.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
- Routinization of prenatal screening with the non-invasive prenatal test: pregnant women's perspectives.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2022Article
- Outcome of publicly funded nationwide first-tier noninvasive prenatal screening.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2021Article
- A qualitative study of women and partners from Lebanon and Quebec regarding an expanded scope of noninvasive prenatal testing.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Decisional regret in women receiving high risk or inconclusive prenatal cell-free DNA screening results.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2020Article
- Should pregnant women be charged for non-invasive prenatal screening? Implications for reproductive autonomy and equal access.Journal of medical ethics · 2020Article
- Implementation challenges for an ethical introduction of noninvasive prenatal testing: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals' views from Lebanon and Quebec.BMC medical ethics · 2020Article
- Implementing non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in the Netherlands: An interview study exploring opinions about and experiences with societal pressure, reimbursement, and an expanding scope.Journal of genetic counseling · 2020Article
- A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Influence of Prenatal Counseling on the Attitudes and Preferences Toward Invasive Prenatal Testing Among Women in Their First Trimester of Pregnancy (INVASIVE).Frontiers in genetics · 2020Article
- Implementation of cell-free DNA-based non-invasive prenatal testing in a National Health Service Regional Genetics Laboratory.Genetics research · 2019Article
- 'Is it better not to know certain things?': views of women who have undergone non-invasive prenatal testing on its possible future applications.Journal of medical ethics · 2019Article
- Women's Attitudes Toward Invasive and Noninvasive Testing When Facing a High Risk of Fetal Down Syndrome.JAMA network open · 2019Article
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Abstract
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and its potential to test for multiple disorders has received much attention. This study explores attitudes of women and men towards NIPT, and their views on widening the scope of prenatal testing in a country with a low uptake of prenatal screening (The Netherlands). Five focus groups with low-risk pregnant women (n=28), three focus groups with men (n=19) and 13 interviews with high- and low-risk pregnant women were conducted. Participants felt that current prenatal screening has great disadvantages such as uncertain results and risk of miscarriage from follow-up diagnostics. Characteristics of NIPT (accurate, safe and early testing) could therefore diminish these disadvantages of prenatal screening and help lower the barrier for participation. This suggests that NIPT might allow couples to decide about prenatal testing based mostly on their will to test or not, rather than largely based on fear of miscarriage risk or the uncertainty of results. The lower barrier for participation was also seen as a downside that could lead to uncritical use or pressure to test. Widening the scope of prenatal testing was seen as beneficial for severe disorders, although it was perceived difficult to determine where to draw the line. Participants argued that there should be a limit to the scope of NIPT, avoiding testing for minor abnormalities. The findings suggest that NIPT could enable more meaningful decision-making for prenatal screening. However, to ensure voluntary participation, especially when testing for multiple disorders, safeguards on the basis of informed decision-making will be of utmost importance.
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