Offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds.
OBJECTIVE: To compare offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. METHOD: A total of 4800 randomly selected women in England were sent a survey three months after they had given birth; 2960 women responded. Odds ratios (OR) for rep...
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| author | Rowe, R Puddicombe, D Hockley, C Redshaw, M |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To compare offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. METHOD: A total of 4800 randomly selected women in England were sent a survey three months after they had given birth; 2960 women responded. Odds ratios (OR) for reported offer and uptake of screening comparing women by area deprivation and ethnicity were calculated. RESULTS: In all, 65% of women reported having screening; 89% reported being offered screening, and 69% of these reported taking up the offer. There was no evidence of a difference in the reported offer (adjusted OR = 0.88, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.65-1.19, p = 0.41) or uptake (adjusted OR = 0.84, 95% CI 0.66-1.06, p = 0.15) of screening for women living in the most deprived areas compared with other women. Asian women were less likely to report being offered screening than White women (adjusted OR = 0.61, 95% CI 0.39-0.94, p = 0.02) and were less likely to take up screening when offered (adjusted OR = 0.48, 95% CI 0.33-0.72, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: While most pregnant women in England are offered prenatal screening for Down syndrome, approximately 1 in 10 is not. Asian women are less likely than White women to report being offered Down syndrome screening and are less likely to have a screening test when offered. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:33c88b53-677a-4393-9f3b-d8013a68940a2022-03-26T13:22:14ZOffer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:33c88b53-677a-4393-9f3b-d8013a68940aEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Rowe, RPuddicombe, DHockley, CRedshaw, M OBJECTIVE: To compare offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. METHOD: A total of 4800 randomly selected women in England were sent a survey three months after they had given birth; 2960 women responded. Odds ratios (OR) for reported offer and uptake of screening comparing women by area deprivation and ethnicity were calculated. RESULTS: In all, 65% of women reported having screening; 89% reported being offered screening, and 69% of these reported taking up the offer. There was no evidence of a difference in the reported offer (adjusted OR = 0.88, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.65-1.19, p = 0.41) or uptake (adjusted OR = 0.84, 95% CI 0.66-1.06, p = 0.15) of screening for women living in the most deprived areas compared with other women. Asian women were less likely to report being offered screening than White women (adjusted OR = 0.61, 95% CI 0.39-0.94, p = 0.02) and were less likely to take up screening when offered (adjusted OR = 0.48, 95% CI 0.33-0.72, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: While most pregnant women in England are offered prenatal screening for Down syndrome, approximately 1 in 10 is not. Asian women are less likely than White women to report being offered Down syndrome screening and are less likely to have a screening test when offered. |
| spellingShingle | Rowe, R Puddicombe, D Hockley, C Redshaw, M Offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. |
| title | Offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. |
| title_full | Offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. |
| title_fullStr | Offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. |
| title_short | Offer and uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds. |
| title_sort | offer and uptake of prenatal screening for down syndrome in women from different social and ethnic backgrounds |
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