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WOMEN'S ATTITUDES TO SCREENING FOR NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
Author(s) -
Bennett M. J.,
Gau Gillian S.,
Gau D. W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04561.x
Subject(s) - neural tube , test (biology) , medicine , obstetrics , family medicine , gynecology , screening test , alpha fetoprotein , psychology , biology , embryo , paleontology , microbiology and biotechnology , hepatocellular carcinoma
Summary The attitudes of 2254 pregnant and 262 other women to serum alphafetoprotein (AFP) screening for neural tube defects (NTDs) were investigated, the former by interview and the latter by questionnaires to which 228 replies were received. Over 97 per cent of the pregnant women wanted to be included in such a screening programme. Ninety‐six per cent of other women who completed the questionnaire were in favour of national screening for NTDs but 14 per cent of them were uncertain about the action they would take if the test were positive.