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Sacca L, Zerrouki Y, Burgoa S, Okwaraji G, Li A, Arshad S, Gerges M, Tevelev S, Kelly S, Knecht M, Kitsantas P, Hunter R, Scott L, Reynolds AP, Colon G, Retrouvey M. Exploring measurement tools used to assess knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of pregnant women toward prenatal screening: A systematic review. WOMEN'S HEALTH (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2024; 20:17455057241273557. [PMID: 39206551 PMCID: PMC11363050 DOI: 10.1177/17455057241273557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
There is a lack of standardized measurement tools globally to assess knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of expecting women toward prenatal screening. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify reasons women pursue or decline prenatal screening and compare the strengths and limitations of available measurement tools used to assess pregnant women's perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes toward prenatal screening. This review followed the five-step York methodology by Arksey and O'Malley and incorporated recommendations from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis checklist for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results. The five steps consisted of: (1) identification of the research questions; (2) searching for relevant studies; (3) selection of studies relevant to the research questions; (4) data charting; and (5) collation, summarization, and reporting of results. Four online databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library) were selected after the librarian's development of a detailed search strategy. The Rayyan platform was used between June 2023 and August 2023 to epitomize the articles produced from our search. A total of 68 eligible studies were included in the analysis. The top five major reasons for declining prenatal screening uptake included (1) being unsure of the risk of prenatal screening and harm to the baby or miscarriage (n = 15), (2) not considering action such as termination of pregnancy for prenatal screening to be considered as necessary (n = 14), (3) high cost (n = 12), (4) lack of knowledge about testing procedures and being anxious about the test (n = 10), and (5) being worried about probability of false negative or false positive results (n = 6). Only 32 studies utilized scientifically validated instruments. Difficulties in capturing representative, adequately sized samples inclusive of diverse ethnicities and demographics were pervasive. Findings highlight the need for rigorous validation of research measurement methodologies to ensure the accuracy and applicability of resulting data regarding the assessment of prenatal screening perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes across diverse female populations.Registration: N/A.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lea Sacca
- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Memorial HealthCare System, Hollywood, FL, USA
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Memorial HealthCare System, Hollywood, FL, USA
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Memorial HealthCare System, Hollywood, FL, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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Waltz M, Prince AER, O’Daniel JM, Foreman AKM, Powell BC, Berg JS. Referencing BRCA in hereditary cancer risk discussions: In search of an anchor in a sea of uncertainty. J Genet Couns 2020; 29:949-959. [PMID: 31967382 PMCID: PMC7374021 DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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As panel testing and exome sequencing are increasingly incorporated into clinical care, clinicians must grapple with how to communicate the risks and treatment decisions surrounding breast cancer genes beyond BRCA1 and BRCA2. In this paper, we examine clinicians' practice of employing BRCA1 and BRCA2 to help contextualize less certain genetic information regarding cancer risk and the possible implications of this practice for patients within the context of an exome sequencing study, NCGENES. We audio-recorded return of results appointments for 14 women who participated in NCGENES, previously had breast cancer, and were suspected of having a hereditary cancer predisposition. These patients were also interviewed four weeks later regarding their understanding of their results. We found that BRCA1 and BRCA2 were held as the gold standard, where clinicians compared what is known about BRCA to the limited understanding of other breast cancer-related genes. BRCA1 and BRCA2 were used as anchors to shape patients' understandings of genetic knowledge, risk, and management, illustrating how the information clinicians provide to patients may work as an external anchor. Yet, presenting BRCA1 and BRCA2 as a means of scientific reassurance can run the risk of patients conflating knowledge about certainty of risk with degree of risk after receiving a result for a moderate penetrance gene. This can be further complicated by misperceptions of the precision of cancer predictability attributed to these or other described 'cancer genes' in public media.
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- Margaret Waltz
- Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Cognitive Biases of Consumers' Risk Perception of Foodborne Diseases in China: Examining Anchoring Effect. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16132268. [PMID: 31252539 PMCID: PMC6651537 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16132268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Consumer cognitive biases arise from judgment and decision-making due to their limitations in information processing. As one of the important cognitive biases, the anchoring effect plays a significant role in interfering with consumers’ risk perception. With a stratified random approach, we collected survey data from 375 consumers in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. Based on these data, this study attempted to analyze the anchoring effect in consumers’ risk perception of foodborne diseases (FBDs) and the differences in their perception before and after intervention in a contrast experiment using the anchoring index and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The results confirm the existence of the proposed anchoring effect. Moreover, the experimenter-provided anchor value, a history of FBD, and familiarity with FBD were found to be important factors influencing this anchoring effect. Therefore, improving consumers’ risk perception of FBD is critical to the long-term prevention of FBD risks by the government and consumers. The government should strengthen active monitoring, publicity, and education about FBD.
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Wilson RS, Zwickle A, Walpole H. Developing a Broadly Applicable Measure of Risk Perception. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2019; 39:777-791. [PMID: 30278115 DOI: 10.1111/risa.13207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Decades of research identify risk perception as a largely intuitive and affective construct, in contrast to the more deliberative assessments of probability and consequences that form the foundation of risk assessment. However, a review of the literature reveals that many of the risk perception measures employed in survey research with human subjects are either generic in nature, not capturing any particular affective, probabilistic, or consequential dimension of risk; or focused solely on judgments of probability. The goal of this research was to assess a multidimensional measure of risk perception across multiple hazards to identify a measure that will be broadly useful for assessing perceived risk moving forward. Our results support the idea of risk perception being multidimensional, but largely a function of individual affective reactions to the hazard. We also find that our measure of risk perception holds across multiple types of hazards, ranging from those that are behavioral in nature (e.g., health and safety behaviors), to those that are technological (e.g., pollution), or natural (e.g., extreme weather). We suggest that a general, unidimensional measure of risk may accurately capture one's perception of the severity of the consequences, and the discrete emotions that are felt in response to those potential consequences. However, such a measure is not likely to capture the perceived probability of experiencing the outcomes, nor will it be as useful at understanding one's motivation to take mitigation action.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robyn S Wilson
- School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Community Sustainability, Environmental Science & Policy Program, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Stoll K, Norton ME. Optimizing use of existing prenatal genetic tests: Screening and diagnostic testing for aneuploidy. Semin Perinatol 2018; 42:296-302. [PMID: 30209012 DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2018.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Screening and diagnostic testing for detection of fetal aneuploidy has been an integral part of prenatal care for over three decades. The recent introduction of new technologies, such as cell free DNA (cfDNA) screening and preimplantation genetic screening, has created increased complexity for obstetrical care providers. Inconsistencies among the professional society recommendations have caused confusion and disparities in practice. As we work to responsibly incorporate new technologies, clear guidelines with consensus among relevant professional societies are needed. In January of 2017, a workshop was convened during the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Meeting. Representatives from many stakeholder groups were present with the goal to develop a framework for introduction of new genetic tests into clinical practice. This paper provides consensus recommendations from this workshop on the use of existing prenatal screening and diagnostic testing for aneuploidy.
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- Katie Stoll
- Director of Clinical Services, Genetic Support Foundation, 1800 Cooper Point Road SW #14, Olympia, WA 98502, USA.
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- Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0132, 550 16th St, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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