Women’s Experiences of Publicly Funded Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in Ontario, Canada: Considerations for Health Technology Policy-Making

Quotes from women from interviews or focus groups on waiting time and accuracy of test results correspond to van Schendel et al.'s findings from questionnaires: waiting time was experienced as long and/or stressful, and women had a high confidence in negative NIPT results.

“Quotes from women from interviews (Vanstone et al. [25]) or focus groups (Farrell et al. [19]) on the aspects of waiting time and accuracy of test results correspond to Van Schendel et al.’s findings from questionnaires: Waiting time was experienced as long and/or stressful, and women had a high confidence in negative NIPT results.”

The scoping review identified seven studies that investigated psychological and/or social consequences after NIPT.

“In this scoping review, we identified seven studies that investigated psychological and/or social consequences after NIPT [19–25].”

Two included studies assessed women's experiences with and feelings after NIPT in interviews or focus groups.

“Two studies assessed women’s experiences with and feelings after NIPT in interviews or focus groups [19, 25].”

Most included studies recruited women with an elevated Down syndrome screening risk, while two studies recruited from an unselected population regarding Down syndrome screening.

“Most studies recruited women with an elevated Down syndrome screening (DSS) risk (medium and/or high risk, cut-offs vary, range from > 1:1000 to 1:1–125) [20–22, 24, 25], two studies recruited from an unselected population regarding DSS [19, 23].”