Women's Experience with Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing and Emotional Well-being and Satisfaction after Test-Results

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 (S... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van Schendel, Rachèl V
Page-Christiaens, G C M Lieve
Beulen, Lean
Bilardo, Caterina M
de Boer, Marjon A
Coumans, Audrey B C
Faas, Brigitte H W
van Langen, Irene M
Lichtenbelt, Klaske D
van Maarle, Merel C
Macville, Merryn V E
Oepkes, Dick
Pajkrt, Eva
Henneman, Lidewij
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Reihe/Periodikum: van Schendel , R V , Page-Christiaens , G C M L , Beulen , L , Bilardo , C M , de Boer , M A , Coumans , A B C , Faas , B H W , van Langen , I M , Lichtenbelt , K D , van Maarle , M C , Macville , M V E , Oepkes , D , Pajkrt , E , Henneman , L & Dutch NIPT Consortium 2017 , ' Women's Experience with Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing and Emotional Well-being and Satisfaction after Test-Results ' , Journal of genetic counseling , vol. 26 , no. 6 , pp. 1348-1356 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-017-0118-3
Schlagwörter: Prenatal Screening / NIPT / Non-invasive Prenatal Testing / Anxiety / Reassurance / Satisfaction / PREGNANT-WOMEN / DUTCH LABORATORIES / MATERNAL ANXIETY / ANEUPLOIDY / PERSPECTIVES / ATTITUDES / TRIAL / AGE
Sprache: Englisch
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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 <0.001). Women with inadequate health literacy or a medical history (e.g. previous child with trisomy) experienced significantly higher post-test-result anxiety (Mean (M) STAI = 31.6 and 30.0, respectively) compared to those with adequate health literacy (M = 28.6) and no medical history (M = 28.6), indicating these women might benefit from extra information and/or guidance when communicating NIPT test-results. Introducing NIPT as an alternative to invasive testing, led to an offer that satisfied and largely reassured high-risk pregnant women.