Table 4.
Attitudes Toward Preconception Carrier Screening
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Nether agree nor disagree | Agree | Strongly agree | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statement | N (%) | Influencing factors (p-value) | ||||
| All couples planning a pregnancy should have a possibility to have a carrier test | 36 (3.0) | 245 (20.7) | 145 (12.3) | 554 (46.9) | 202 (17.1) | Age (<0.001) |
| Education (<0.001) | ||||||
| I would (together with my partner) have a carrier screening test | 66 (5.6) | 308 (26.1) | 172 (14.5) | 492 (41.6) | 144 (12.2) | Age (<0.01) |
| Education (<0.01) | ||||||
| Carrier testing will lead to higher anxiety among people who want to become pregnant | 21 (1.8) | 170 (14.4) | 147 (12.4) | 617 (52.2) | 227 (19.2) | Gender (<0.01) |
| Carrier testing is an excessive interference in pregnancy resulting from the medicalization of the world | 84 (7.1) | 441 (37.3) | 296 (25.0) | 284 (24.0) | 77 (6.5) | Age (<0.01) |
| Education (<0.05) | ||||||
| Gender (<0.05) | ||||||
| Carrier testing for some diseases may lead to an inferior image of people affected with these diseases | 61 (5.2) | 372 (31.5) | 280 (23.7) | 396 (33.5) | 73 (6.2) | Age (<0.001) |
| Everyone should be able to decide whether or not to undergo carrier testing | 4 (0.3) | 13 (1.1) | 25 (2.1) | 435 (36.8) | 705 (59.6) | |
| It is irresponsible for prospective parents to refuse carrier testing | 276 (23.3) | 526 (44.5) | 232 (19.6) | 105 (8.9) | 43 (3.6) | Age (<0.001) |
| Education (<0.001) | ||||||