Reasons for declining extended information visit on prenatal screening among pregnant women and their partners.
OBJECTIVE
A two-step model on information on prenatal screening consists of brief information at the first visit at the Maternal Health Care Centre and an offer of extended information at a separate visit. There is a lack of knowledge why some pregnant women and their partners refrain from the extended information visit. The aim of this study was to explore their reasons.


METHODS
Eight qualitative interviews were analyzed using Interpretive Description.


RESULTS
In the first theme 'From an individual view', the interviewees saw the invitation from their own points of view. They refrained because they did not want to receive any more information or had taken an individual position against chromosomal testing. In the theme, 'From a societal view', the interviewees perceived the offer as part of a societal view on prenatal screening that they could not support.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings show that these interviewees' reasons of declining an extended information visit are multidimensional and influenced by different views, from both an individual perspective and a more societal one. Health care professionals should be aware that some persons could have a different view on health care services and could be reluctant to accept offered services.
School of Health and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Inger
I
Wätterbjörk
School of Health and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Eva
E
Sahlberg-Blom
School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Kerstin
K
Nilsson
School of Health and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Karin
K
Blomberg
D000328:Adult; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult