A clinical audit of combined first trimester screening and non-invasive prenatal testing offered to pregnant women in a regional Australian hospital

Abdalla, Orit, Woods, Cindy, and de Costa, Caroline (2019) A clinical audit of combined first trimester screening and non-invasive prenatal testing offered to pregnant women in a regional Australian hospital. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 59 (1). pp. 157-160.

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Abstract

The records of women attending a large Australian regional hospital for antenatal care were retrospectively analysed to determine what proportion had undergone or been offered first trimester screening for fetal abnormalities; only 609 (54%) of 1114 women had undergone or been offered screening. Younger women, multiparous women and women living in rural Australia were less likely to be offered screening. Barriers to screening and solutions for overcoming these need to be identified to improve access and equality in antenatal screening for all women.

Item ID: 57406
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1479-828X
Keywords: first pregnancy trimester, general practitioners, prenatal care, prenatal diagnosis, Queensland
Copyright Information: © 2018 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2019 07:30
FoR Codes: 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3215 Reproductive medicine > 321502 Obstetrics and gynaecology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920506 Rural Health @ 50%
92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920507 Womens Health @ 50%
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