Women’s Attitudes towards the Option to Choose between Karyotyping and Rapid Targeted Testing during Pregnancy
Table 3
Comments from the respondents who showed regret about their choice.
Case ID
Test of choice
Comment
Type of comment
Age
Hospital
59
Karyotyping
“There was too little amniotic fluid to perform karyotyping and therefore a rapid targeted test was the alternative test. I preferred karyotyping.”
Technical aspect
39
E
171
Karyotyping
“The option to choose was offered just before the procedure. I had my doubts and subsequently, I regret my decision.”
Personal aspect
39
B
266
Rapid targeted test
“Later in pregnancy a fetal heart defect was detected, possibly caused by a chromosomal aberration”
Medical aspect
40
B
463
Rapid targeted test
“Our test of choice was a rapid targeted test, contamination with blood made the test result unreliable. Unfortunately, we had to wait 3 weeks to obtain the karyotyping result”
Technical aspect
39
B
673
Karyotyping
“I will never make that choice again”
Personal aspect
33
A
725
Rapid targeted test
“Later in pregnancy a fetal heart defect was detected. We were uncertain whether this was caused by a chromosomal aberration”
Medical aspect
38
E
729
Unknown
“It went against all my feelings”
Personal aspect
40
A
745
Rapid targeted test
“In my previous pregnancy karyotyping was performed. It feels better when they examine more”
