1. Women’s Experience with Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing and Emotional Well-being and Satisfaction after Test-Results
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Schendel, R.V. van, Page-Christiaens, G.C.M.L., Beulen, L., Bilardo, C.M., Boer, M.A. de, Coumans, A.B.C., Faas, B.H.W., Langen, I.M. van, Lichtenbelt, K.D., Maarle, M.C. van, Macville, M.V.E., Oepkes, D., Pajkrt, E., Henneman, L., Dutch NIPT Consortium, Human genetics, Obstetrics and gynaecology, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Personalized Medicine, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), Other departments, Human Genetics, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Reproductive Origins of Adult Health and Disease (ROAHD), Health Psychology Research (HPR), MUMC+: MA Medische Staf Obstetrie Gynaecologie (9), RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, Obstetrie & Gynaecologie, and MUMC+: DA KG Lab Centraal Lab (9)
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DUTCH LABORATORIES ,Satisfaction ,Personal Satisfaction ,Anxiety ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,Prenatal Diagnosis ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Medicine ,Genetics(clinical) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Genetics (clinical) ,Original Research ,Reassurance ,media_common ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,Obstetrics ,3. Good health ,Emotional well-being ,Reconstructive and regenerative medicine Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 10] ,Feeling ,Female ,TRIAL ,Prenatal Screening ,medicine.symptom ,MATERNAL ANXIETY ,PREGNANT-WOMEN ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Genetic counseling ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Health literacy ,03 medical and health sciences ,AGE ,Humans ,Medical history ,ATTITUDES ,Gynecology ,ANEUPLOIDY ,business.industry ,Public health ,Other Research Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 0] ,Patient Acceptance of Health Care ,medicine.disease ,Health Literacy ,Pregnancy Trimester, First ,PERSPECTIVES ,Down Syndrome ,business ,Trisomy ,NIPT ,Non-invasive Prenatal Testing - Abstract
Increasingly, high-risk pregnant women opt for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) instead of invasive diagnostic testing. Since NIPT is less accurate than invasive testing, a normal NIPT result might leave women less reassured. A questionnaire study was performed among pregnant women with elevated risk for fetal aneuploidy based on first-trimester combined test (risk ≥1:200) or medical history, who were offered NIPT in the nationwide Dutch TRIDENT study. Pre- and post-test questionnaires (n = 682) included measures on: experiences with NIPT procedure, feelings of reassurance, anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI), child-related anxiety (PRAQ-R), and satisfaction. The majority (96.1%) were glad to have been offered NIPT. Most (68.5%) perceived the waiting time for NIPT results (mean: 15 days, range 5–32) as (much) too long. Most women with a normal NIPT result felt reassured (80.9%) or somewhat reassured (15.7%). Levels of anxiety and child-related anxiety were significantly lower after receiving a normal NIPT result as compared to the moment of intake (p
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- 2017
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