Attitudes towards non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy among US adults of reproductive age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine how adults in the United States view non-invasive prenatal testing using cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA testing) in order to help estimate uptake.

Study design

A national sample of 1861 US-based adults was surveyed using a validated online survey instrument. The survey was administered by a commercial survey research company. Respondents were randomized to receive a survey about prenatal testing for trisomy 13 and 18 or trisomy 21. Participants were asked to select among testing modalities, including cffDNA testing, and rank the features of testing that they considered most important to decision making.

Result

There was substantive interest in the use of cffDNA testing rather than traditional screening mechanisms, with a minority of respondents rep

SUBMITTER: Allyse M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4399855 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature