Maternity Care Providers' Experiences with Providing Information on Newborn Bloodspot Screening During Pregnancy: A Dutch Survey Study.

ABSTRACT: Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) aims to detect treatable disorders in newborns to offer early interventions. According to the official Dutch national NBS guidance, parents in the Netherlands should be informed about NBS during pregnancy by maternity care providers (MCPs), providing two leaflets and oral information. This study investigated what, how, and when information about NBS is given during pregnancy according to Dutch MCPs. An online questionnaire was completed by 279 MCPs; 237 (84.9%) provided information to parents themselves, although 4.6% of them only did so postnatally, and 240 (86.0%) considered this the task of the MCP. Among the 237 MCPs, information was provided by personal conversation (59.9%) and by giving at least one leaflet (83.1%), while 25.7% only gave leaflets. Be

SUBMITTER: Klapwijk JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11755565 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature