ArticleJournal of genetic counseling2015
Non-invasive prenatal testing: UK genetic counselors' experiences and perspectives.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Healthcare professionals' perspectives on and experiences with non-invasive prenatal testing: a systematic review.Human genetics · 2025Pooled 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
- Towards a Responsible Implementation of NIPT as a First-Tier Test in Canada: Decision-Makers' Perspectives.Prenatal diagnosis · 2025Article
- Providing recurrence risk counselling for parents after diagnosis of a serious genetic condition caused by an apparently de novo mutation in their child: a qualitative investigation of the PREGCARE strategy with UK clinical genetics practitioners.Journal of medical genetics · 2023Article
- Genetic Counselors' Perspectives About Cell-Free DNA: Experiences, Challenges, and Expectations for Obstetricians.Journal of genetic counseling · 2018Article
- Has noninvasive prenatal testing impacted termination of pregnancy and live birth rates of infants with Down syndrome?Prenatal diagnosis · 2017Review
- Offering non-invasive prenatal testing as part of routine clinical service. Can high levels of informed choice be maintained?Prenatal diagnosis · 2017Article
- Genetic Counseling for Couples Seeking Noninvasive Prenatal Testing in Japan: Experiences of Pregnant Women and their Partners.Journal of genetic counseling · 2017Article
- What Do Parents of Children with Down Syndrome Think about Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)?Journal of genetic counseling · 2017Article
- A survey on awareness of genetic counseling for non-invasive prenatal testing: the first year experience in Japan.Journal of human genetics · 2016Article
- Development and validation of a measure of informed choice for women undergoing non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2016Article
- Global perspectives on clinical adoption of NIPT.Prenatal diagnosis · 2015Article
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Abstract
To date, NIPT in the UK has been predominately used in the health service for early sexing of pregnancies at known risk of sex-linked conditions. Developments in the technology are broadening its use to diagnostic testing for paternally inherited genetic conditions and for detection of aneuploidy. This study aimed to examine the experiences of UK genetic counselors with offering NIPT for sexing, and to explore their views on future uses of the technology. Twenty interviews with practicing GC's from four centres were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed using modified grounded theory. Participants all had experience of counseling patients around prenatal diagnosis and 18/20 had experience of offering NIPT. GCs reported initially feeling cautious about offering the test, although they saw it as a positive advance for their patients at genetic risk. Emphasis was placed on accuracy, adequate counseling provision and gatekeeping with concerns expressed about broadening its use in the routine antenatal setting. Findings indicate the genetics model for offering prenatal testing to high risk patients can incorporate NIPT and the profession may have a role in informing its implementation in wider healthcare settings. In a wider context this study highlights the challenges new technologies bring to genetic counselors' practice and service structure.
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