Psychosocial factors affecting uptake of prenatal genetic testing: a pilot study

Psychosocial factors affecting uptake of prenatal genetic testing: a pilot study

ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to explore the psychosocial factors which influenced the undergoing of prenatal genetic testing (PGT) in a sample of pregnant women. Method An online questionnaire was emailed to a convenient sample of 105 pregnant women, recruited from among those attending two an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Prenatal diagnosis 2013-12, Vol.33 (13), p.1276-1282
Hauptverfasser: Pivetti, Monica, Melotti, Giannino, Morselli, Davide, Olivieri, Mariangela
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Culture
Female
Genetic Testing - statistics & numerical data
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Internet
Maternal Age
Medical research
Pilot Projects
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis - methods
Prenatal Diagnosis - psychology
Prenatal Diagnosis - statistics & numerical data
Psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to explore the psychosocial factors which influenced the undergoing of prenatal genetic testing (PGT) in a sample of pregnant women. Method An online questionnaire was emailed to a convenient sample of 105 pregnant women, recruited from among those attending two antenatal education programmes and via snowball sampling. Results A minority of respondents underwent chorionic villous sampling and amniocentesis (12 and 11, respectively). Advanced maternal age was related to undertaking PGT. The path analysis model (χ2 (16, N = 97) = 19.01, ns; TLI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.04; WRMR = 0.64) confirmed that three dimensions, namely having a more supporting attitude towards PGT (β = 0.54, p 
ISSN:0197-3851
1097-0223
DOI:10.1002/pd.4248