ArticleThe Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology2019
'Small cost to pay for peace of mind': Women's experiences with non-invasive prenatal testing.
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- Navigating uncertainty during non-invasive prenatal testing: Genetic counselors' experiences of supporting autonomous reproductive decision-making.Journal of genetic counseling · 2026Article
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- 'Screening should not be based on ability to pay': Australian healthcare providers' and consumers' perspectives on public funding for non-invasive prenatal testing.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2025Article
- Experiences of perinatal genetic screening for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds: a scoping review.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
- Australian Preferences for Prenatal Screening: A Discrete Choice Experiment Comparing Metropolitan and Rural/Regional Areas.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Article
- Healthcare professionals' experiences with expanded noninvasive prenatal screening: challenges and solutions.Journal of community genetics · 2025Article
- Women's preferences for NIPT as a first-line test in England and France: Challenges for genetic counseling practices.Journal of genetic counseling · 2024Article
- Disparities in integrating non-invasive prenatal testing into antenatal healthcare in Australia: a survey of healthcare professionals.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- 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
- Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): Reliability, Challenges, and Future Directions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing for "Non-Medical" Traits: Ensuring Consistency in Ethical Decision-Making.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2023Article
- Patient attitudes and preferences about expanded noninvasive prenatal testing.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
- Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Implementation in Japan: A Comparison with the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Clinician views and experiences of non-invasive prenatal genetic screening tests in Australia.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2022Article
- Patient experience with non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as a primary screen for aneuploidy in the Netherlands.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- False-positives and false-negatives in non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): what can we learn from a meta-analyses on > 750,000 tests?Molecular cytogenetics · 2022Article
- A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening Strategies Involving Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing for Trisomy 21.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Fetal information as shared information: using NIPT to test for adult-onset conditions.Monash bioethics review · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundNon-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been available in Australia on a user-pays basis since 2012. Since its introduction, it has grown in popularity as a screening method for fetal aneuploidy and may become publicly funded.
aimsTo assess the motivations and experiences of women who have undergone NIPT in a user-pays system in Australia. MATERIALS AND
methodsOne thousand women who had undergone NIPT through the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services in Melbourne, Australia were contacted and asked to complete a mixed-methods survey. The number of eligible responses received was 235. Quantitative data analysis was performed in STATA IC 15.1, and qualitative data were examined using content analysis.
resultsWomen reported generally positive experiences with NIPT and 95% of respondents indicated they would undergo NIPT in a future pregnancy. Most respondents received a low-risk result, with 2.2% receiving a high-risk result. Respondents viewed NIPT favourably compared to invasive testing and cited reassurance as a key reason they sought it. However, a small minority of women reported negative experiences with the testing process. Women were also supportive of NIPT becoming publicly funded, with 93% of respondents indicating support. Pre- and post-test counselling were identified as possible areas for improvement to ensure informed consent.
conclusionIn support of the existing literature, these results indicate that Australian women generally report positive experiences with NIPT. As NIPT becomes more common, with possible integration into public healthcare, further qualitative research would be valuable to examine the motivations and experiences of women undergoing NIPT.
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