[Attitude of pregnant women towards prenatal screening for chromosomal and structural fetal anomalies between 11-14 weeks of gestation].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the present survey is to analyze the attitude of pregnant women towards the possibilities of prenatal screening and diagnosis between 11-14 weeks of gestation (w.g.).


METHODS
Overall 109 pregnant women, hospitalized in SBALAG "Maichin dom", received written information about the possibilities for prenatal screening and diagnosis between 11-14 w.g. and 16-20 w.g., as well as a comprehensive description of the potential advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches/methods of screening/diagnosis. Consequently, the patients were asked to answer 13 closed and semi-closed questions in an anonymous enquiry.


RESULTS
Overall 97,2% (106/109) of the women agreed to perform an ultrasound examination for fetal nuchal translucency measurement as a screening tool for chromosomal anomalies between 11-14 w.g. Furthermore, 82,6% (90/109) preferred the option of first trimester biochemical screening, rather than screening in the second trimester. On the other hand only 62,4% (68/109) accepted chorionic villous sampling between 11-14 w.g. in comparison to 83,5% (91/109) who agreed to perform an amniocentesis between 16-20 w.g.


CONCLUSIONS
The vast majority of women prefer prenatal screening programs to be scheduled in the first, rather than in the second trimester. However, most women would still choose for a relatively safer second trimester invasive procedure instead of the option of earlier prenatal diagnosis.
Markov
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D
Chernev
T
T
Dimitrova
V
V
Mazneĭkova
V
V
Kremenski
I
I
Nisheva
V
V
D001294:Attitude to Health; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000196:embryology*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D048208:Nuchal Translucency Measurement; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors