This review examines the factors that affect the decision-making process of parental couples evaluating prenatal screening and diagnostic tests. A systematic search was performed using PubMed and PsycInfo databases. The 46 included studies had to: investigate the decision-making process about prenatal testing; focus on tests detecting trisomy 21, 18, 13, and abnormalities of sex chromosomes; be published in English peer-reviewed journals. The decision-making process seems composed of different levels: an individual level with demographic, clinical, and psychological aspects; a contextual level related to the technical features of the test and the information received; a relational level involving family and society.

Decision-making factors in prenatal testing: A systematic review / Di Mattei, Valentina; Ferrari, Federica; Perego, Gaia; Tobia, Valentina; Mauro, Fabio; Candiani, Massimo. - In: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY OPEN. - ISSN 2055-1029. - 8:1(2021), pp. 1-20. [10.1177/2055102920987455]

Decision-making factors in prenatal testing: A systematic review

Di Mattei, Valentina
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Perego, Gaia;Tobia, Valentina;Candiani, Massimo
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2021-01-01

Abstract

This review examines the factors that affect the decision-making process of parental couples evaluating prenatal screening and diagnostic tests. A systematic search was performed using PubMed and PsycInfo databases. The 46 included studies had to: investigate the decision-making process about prenatal testing; focus on tests detecting trisomy 21, 18, 13, and abnormalities of sex chromosomes; be published in English peer-reviewed journals. The decision-making process seems composed of different levels: an individual level with demographic, clinical, and psychological aspects; a contextual level related to the technical features of the test and the information received; a relational level involving family and society.
2021
clinical health psychology; genetic testing; health care; pregnancy; systematic review
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