The Lived Experience of WOMEN WHO UNDERGO PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING Due to Elevated Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening

Alteneder, Ruth R.; Kenner, Carole; Greene, Diane; Pohorecki, Sharon

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“…67,74 Twenty-four studies within the review measured anxiety, 12 employed the STAI, 12,17,[43][44][45]47,48,[75][76][77][78][79] one the STAI and HADS, 49 three used an unvalidated questionnaire measure 60,64,65 and ten ascertained anxiety levels by interview. 55,59,[80][81][82][83][84][85] Of these studies, nine assessed anxiety before women were tested 12,17,[43][44][45]47,48,76,77 and the rest after testing and/or after test results. Most studies were carried out in the UK, 12,17,[43][44][45]48,59,65,83,84 five in North America, 47,74,78,…”

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“…55,59,[80][81][82][83][84][85] Of these studies, nine assessed anxiety before women were tested 12,17,[43][44][45]47,48,76,77 and the rest after testing and/or after test results. Most studies were carried out in the UK, 12,17,[43][44][45]48,59,65,83,84 five in North America, 47,74,78,79,85 three in Finland, 55,80,82 two in The Netherlands 60,64 and one each in Denmark 81 and Italy. 77 As all studies in this chapter employing a validated measure of anxiety used the STAI, the STAI is discussed in more detail.…”

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“…12,43,44,45,47,60,65,75,76,[78][79][80][81][82]85 Those studies that employed the STAI reported scores rising to about 55 on receipt of a screenpositive result. 12,75,76,78,79 Others consistently reported women felt shock, panic, distress and worry upon receipt of a screen-positive test result.…”

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“…12,75,76,78,79 Others consistently reported women felt shock, panic, distress and worry upon receipt of a screen-positive test result. 12,60,65,[80][81][82]85 This anxiety appeared to affect a number of factors, including changes to women's sleep patterns, appetite and feelings and attitudes about the pregnancy. A further pattern that appears in the literature is that 'older women' (35 years and over) appear to have significantly lower anxiety ratings than younger women upon receipt of a screen-positive result.…”

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“…Certainly the degree to which residual anxiety following a false-positive result is significantly greater than anxiety about fetal abnormality in the pregnant population generally has not been addressed. Some studies have suggested that a long-term consequence of this residual anxiety is that women receiving (false) positive results are less likely to have screening in subsequent pregnancies 55,81,87,85 and may experience changes to the mother-infant relationship. 65,80 These associations have yet to be established.…”

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The Lived Experience of WOMEN WHO UNDERGO PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING Due to Elevated Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening

Abstract: Interactions clearly demonstrated the need for nursing interventions throughout the experience of prenatal diagnostic testing.

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