Journal article
Improving women's knowledge about prenatal screening in the era of non-invasive prenatal testing for Down syndrome - Development and acceptability of a low literacy decision aid
SK Smith, A Cai, M Wong, MS Sousa, M Peate, A Welsh, B Meiser, R Kaur, J Halliday, S Lewis, L Trevena, T Yanes, K Barlow-Stewart, M Barclay
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | BMC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: Access to information about prenatal screening is important particularly in light of new techniques such as non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). This study aimed to develop and examine the acceptability of a low literacy decision aid (DA) about Down syndrome screening among pregnant women with varying education levels and GPs. Methods: We developed a DA booklet providing information about first-trimester combined testing, maternal serum screening, and NIPT. GPs and women participated in a telephone interview to examine the acceptability of the DA and measure screening knowledge before and after reading the DA. The knowledge measure was designed to assess whether women had unders..
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Funding Acknowledgements
At the time of this study, Dr. Sian Smith was supported by an Early Career Research Fellowship from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (ID 1034912). Professor Bettina Meiser was supported through an NHMRC Senior Fellowship, Level B (ID 1078523). Dr. Michelle Peate is supported by an Early Career Fellowship from the National Breast Cancer Foundation (ECF-015). Prof Jane Halliday is supported by NHMRC Senior Fellowship, Level B (ID1021252). Ms. Yanes is supported by NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship and National Breast Cancer Foundations (ID 1133049). The funders had no role in the design or conduct of the study, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, or in the preparation or approval of the manuscript.