Women's worries about prenatal screening tests suspected of fetal anomalies: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant women with suspected fetal anomalies experience a great deal of stress following prenatal screening tests. The present study aimed to investigate women's worries about prenatal screening tests suspected of fetal anomalies.

Methods

Through the use of qualitative content analysis, the reports of women whose prenatal screening tests were suspected of fetal anomalies were analyzed and the results were interpreted. The participants were selected from four public and private maternity care clinics of Babol, Iran, from December 2021 to January 2022, using targeted convenience sampling. Data were collected from 20 women aged 24 to 41 years old, who underwent prenatal screening tests and were suspected of fetal anomalies, using semi-structured face-to-face intervi

SUBMITTER: Mirtabar SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9926685 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature