Knowledge of Prenatal Screening, Down Syndrome, Amniocentesis, and Related Factors among Iranian Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Maryam Rabiee, Zahra Jouhari, Ashraf Pirasteh
PMID 31041325WHAT IT FOUND
Iranian pregnant women averaged 9.93±4.86 out of 23 on prenatal screening knowledge.
Many believed screening confirms fetal health; higher scores were linked to university education and health care professional information.
Key findings
01Mean total knowledge was 9.93±4.86 out of 23; mean scores for prenatal screening, Down syndrome, and amniocentesis were 5.26±2.19, 3.25±2.42, and 1.41±1.39.
02221 (46.93%) believed prenatal screening would comprehensively confirm fetal health, and 351 (74.52%) were not aware of the risks of pregnancy loss.
0364.30% obtained information from health care professionals, and those with health care professionals as their source were better informed.
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What it does not show
All participants were recruited from one hospital in Tehran, so results may not apply to other settings or ethnic groups. The study measured knowledge at one time point, so it cannot show that education level, information source, or family history caused higher knowledge. Most participants had high school or university education (415 of 471, 88.10%), so knowledge among less educated women may be different. Knowledge was self-reported with a questionnaire, not measured through patient outcomes or observed counselling quality.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that counselling by health care professionals improved knowledge scores. This survey found an association between source of information and knowledge at the same time.