To assess the information given to women during a maternal serum screening (MSS)
programme, we prospectively applied a questionnaire to 504 pregnant women attending for …

Objective To establish and compare obstetricians' and midwives' preferences for
hypothetical prenatal screening tests for Down syndrome. Methods A cross‐sectional …

Abstract Objective: Uptake rates for Down syndrome screening (DSS) in the Netherlands are
low compared with those in Northern European countries (27% versus 61% in the United …

Background. The use of maternal serum screening to assess individual risk for Down's
syndrome is now standard in many countries. The increased uptake of screening and …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the provision of information about prenatal screening for Down
syndrome to women of Dutch, Turkish and Surinamese origins, and to examine the effects of …

Objective To assess whether women have a preference for Down syndrome screening test
performance. Methods A structured questionnaire exploring women's preferences for …

Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether women prefer the results of
screening for Down syndrome tests to be reported as the risk of Down syndrome in early …

Objectives. We sought to evaluate socioeconomic disparities in serum screening for Down
syndrome and assess whether such disparities are more likely to reflect limits in access or …

The National Screening Committee of the Department of Health has made
recommendations to the Government advising that prenatal screening for Down's syndrome …

The aim of this survey was to assess midwives' knowledge of Down's Syndrome screening
and their confidence in counselling women about the screening test. A questionnaire was …