A DEcision aid for Prenatal Testing
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Prenatal testing of foetal abnormalitiesPregnancy and ChildbirthFoetal abnormalities
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN22532458
- Lead Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) (Australia)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
Pregnant women attending a participating general practice (GP) were eligible to participate provided they were:
1. Aged 18 years or older
2. Equal to or less than 12 weeks gestation
Exclusion Criteria
1. Non-English speaking
2. Were unable to give written informed consent
3. Required genetic counselling due to a family history of an inherited condition or recurrent risk for foetal abnormality
4. Having already undertaken testing for foetal abnormality in this pregnancy
5. Experiencing vaginal bleeding
6. Currently having a known multiple pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Informed choice, measured by the percentage of women in each arm of the trial identified as making an informed choice using the multi-dimensional measure of informed choice (MMIC) scale<br>2. Decisional conflict, measured by the difference in mean scores of the Decisional Conflict Scale between women in each arm
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Anxiety<br>2. Depression <br>3. Attachment to the pregnancy/foetus<br>4. Acceptability of the decision aid to both woman and GP