Translation and cross-cultural validation of the non-invasive prenatal testing questionnaire in Arabic

Abstract

To translate and cross-culturally adapt a Swedish questionnaire to Arabic to assess the awareness of pregnant women in Saudi Arabia regarding the availability of an accurate and safe prenatal screening procedure. Methods: The study was conducted at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between December 2018 to April 2019. The non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) questionnaire, translated and validated in Arabic. Cronbach's alpha reliability testing was carried out to validate the Arabic version of the questionnaire. The sample size was 100 pregnant women, at any gestational period, from 20 to 44 years old. This is a prospective cross-sectional. Results: An Arabic translated, and culturally validated questionnaire related to the attitudes, knowledge, and self-perceived probability of delivering a child with chromosomal abnormality. Conclusion: We translated and validated the NIPT questionnaire to assess the attitude and awareness of pregnant women regarding the availability of the NIPT.

Knowledge and attitude of pregnant women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia toward Noninvasive prenatal testing: A single center study

“…Lack of knowledge, awareness, and counseling of pregnant women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of prenatal screening, particularly regarding NIPT, can affect their selection of a suitable prenatal screening test. We report an assessment of their knowledge, awareness, and attitude, using the previously validated NIPT‐related questionnaire (Akiel et al, 2020 ). The participants of the current study included pregnant women who attended the OB/GYN clinic at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…”

“…A prospective cross‐sectional study was conducted with pregnant women attending the OB/GYN clinic at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from December 2018 to April 2019, using a questionnaire validated for the Saudi Arabian community (Akiel et al, 2020 ). All pregnant Arabic women who attended the OB/GYN clinic were included.…”

“…The questionnaires were collected at the end of the week. The details regarding the questionnaire contents were previously described (Akiel et al, 2020 ). The data collected from the questionnaire were entered electronically in a Microsoft Excel file (Supplementary File S1 ).…”

“…Due to the lack of knowledge and awareness of pregnant women regarding prenatal screening in Saudi Arabia, we aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women with a particular focus on NIPT. We used a culturally validated questionnaire to the Saudi Arabian community (Akiel et al, 2020 ). We surveyed 342 pregnant women who attended the Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) clinic at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…”