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

Authors :: Pivetti M
Melotti G
Morselli D
Olivieri M
Source :: Prenatal diagnosis [Prenat Diagn] 2013 Dec; Vol. 33 (13), pp. 1276-82. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Oct 22.
Publication Year :: 2013
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.<br />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.<br />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 (χ(2) (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 < 0.001), perceiving PGT as reliable (β = 0.29, p < 0.05) and the request for more scientific information (β = 0.22, p < 0.01), related to test uptaking.<br />Conclusion: Empirical researches investigating pregnant women's beliefs and attitudes relating to actual test uptake could help genetic counsellors and policy makers to better understand their client's profile in relation to the determining factors affecting the undertaking of PGT.<br /> (© 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)

Subjects :: Adult
Culture
Female
Humans
Internet
Maternal Age
Pilot Projects
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis methods
Prenatal Diagnosis statistics & numerical data
Psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
Genetic Testing statistics & numerical data
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Prenatal Diagnosis psychology

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