Nour Abdo|Nadia Ibraheem|Nail Obeidat|Ashley Graboski-Bauer|Anwar Batieha|Nada Al-Tamimi|Moawia Khatatbih
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Women Toward Prenatal Genetic Testing
Jordan University of Science and Technology|Jordan University of Science and Technology|Jordan University of Science and Technology|The University of Texas at El Paso|Jordan University of Science and Technology|Jordan University of Science and Technology|Yarmouk University
objectives aim address public knowledge attitudes practices relative prenatal genetic testing starting point policy development jordan study design conducted crosssectional prenatal genetic testing knowledge attitudes practices survey 1111 women recruited obstetrics gynecology clinics nationwide data analyzed using variety descriptive inferential statistical tests results overwhelming majority gt94 participants considered prenatal genetic testing particularly noninvasive prenatal genetic screening procedures good comfortable reasonable even nondiagnostic nature noninvasive prenatal genetic screening explained likewise 95 encouraged implementation noninvasive prenatal genetic screening within jordanian health system preferred remain optional however women higherrisk age brackets consanguineous marriages less education significantly less interested learning noninvasive prenatal genetic screening 60 women interviewed satisfied services provided obstetricgynecologist satisfied women likely adapt noninvasive prenatal genetic screening conclusions sum although data support receptivity jordanian women national implementation noninvasive prenatal genetic screening policies accompanied health education increase genetic literacy population engage highrisk populations thus offers rare insight readiness 1 particular arab population adapt noninvasive prenatal genetic screening technologies