Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang

Down syndrome is the most common trisomy disorders among live births, with advanced maternal age being an established risk factor. Prenatal screening for this condition includes non-invasive prenatal testing such as assessment of nuchal translucency thickness by ultrasonography and measurement of bi...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Ghafar, Nurul Fatehah, Muhammad, Naznin, A. Talib, Norlelawati, Roslani, Anna Liza, Ismail, Rozihan, Zainuddin, Norafiza
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	QH426 Genetics RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/2/slides%20unisza.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/13/77021%20-%20abstract.pdf

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spelling	iium-770212020-01-08T08:29:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/ Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang Abdul Ghafar, Nurul Fatehah Muhammad, Naznin A. Talib, Norlelawati Roslani, Anna Liza Ismail, Rozihan Zainuddin, Norafiza QH426 Genetics RG Gynecology and obstetrics Down syndrome is the most common trisomy disorders among live births, with advanced maternal age being an established risk factor. Prenatal screening for this condition includes non-invasive prenatal testing such as assessment of nuchal translucency thickness by ultrasonography and measurement of biochemical markers in maternal serum during the first trimester of pregnancy. The subsequent diagnostic invasive procedures such as chorionic villus sampling is aimed at determining the foetal karyotype. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge of Down syndrome and its screening test among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang. This cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2018 to February 2019 involving five Maternal and Children Health facilities in Kuantan, Pahang using self-administered validated questionnaires. The data was analysed using SPSS version 22. There were a total of 189 respondents with the age ranging from 18-45 years (30.34 ± 0.38). The mean pregnancy weeks was 29.61 ± 9.11. Approximately 53% of the respondents were able to answer correctly more than half of the questions posed (> 5 of 9) regarding the knowledge of Down Syndrome (mean score 5.6 ± 1.8). As for the knowledge on the prenatal screening, about 48% could answer correctly more than half of the questions posed (≥6 of 12) with a mean score of 5.5± 3.2. The level of knowledge of Down syndrome was found to be significantly associated with maternal education level (p<0.001) while maternal age was significantly associated with the level of knowledge of Down syndrome prenatal screening (p=0.004). The results show that the pregnant women in this study did not have adequate level of knowledge on Down syndrome and its prenatal screening tests. Intervention programmes at the health facilities could be carried out to increase the knowledge. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/2/slides%20unisza.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/13/77021%20-%20abstract.pdf Abdul Ghafar, Nurul Fatehah and Muhammad, Naznin and A. Talib, Norlelawati and Roslani, Anna Liza and Ismail, Rozihan and Zainuddin, Norafiza (2019) Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang. In: International Postgraduate Research Conference (2nd IPRC), 7th-8th December 2019, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	QH426 Genetics RG Gynecology and obstetrics Abdul Ghafar, Nurul Fatehah Muhammad, Naznin A. Talib, Norlelawati Roslani, Anna Liza Ismail, Rozihan Zainuddin, Norafiza Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
description	Down syndrome is the most common trisomy disorders among live births, with advanced maternal age being an established risk factor. Prenatal screening for this condition includes non-invasive prenatal testing such as assessment of nuchal translucency thickness by ultrasonography and measurement of biochemical markers in maternal serum during the first trimester of pregnancy. The subsequent diagnostic invasive procedures such as chorionic villus sampling is aimed at determining the foetal karyotype. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge of Down syndrome and its screening test among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang. This cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2018 to February 2019 involving five Maternal and Children Health facilities in Kuantan, Pahang using self-administered validated questionnaires. The data was analysed using SPSS version 22. There were a total of 189 respondents with the age ranging from 18-45 years (30.34 ± 0.38). The mean pregnancy weeks was 29.61 ± 9.11. Approximately 53% of the respondents were able to answer correctly more than half of the questions posed (> 5 of 9) regarding the knowledge of Down Syndrome (mean score 5.6 ± 1.8). As for the knowledge on the prenatal screening, about 48% could answer correctly more than half of the questions posed (≥6 of 12) with a mean score of 5.5± 3.2. The level of knowledge of Down syndrome was found to be significantly associated with maternal education level (p<0.001) while maternal age was significantly associated with the level of knowledge of Down syndrome prenatal screening (p=0.004). The results show that the pregnant women in this study did not have adequate level of knowledge on Down syndrome and its prenatal screening tests. Intervention programmes at the health facilities could be carried out to increase the knowledge.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Ghafar, Nurul Fatehah Muhammad, Naznin A. Talib, Norlelawati Roslani, Anna Liza Ismail, Rozihan Zainuddin, Norafiza
author_facet	Abdul Ghafar, Nurul Fatehah Muhammad, Naznin A. Talib, Norlelawati Roslani, Anna Liza Ismail, Rozihan Zainuddin, Norafiza
author_sort	Abdul Ghafar, Nurul Fatehah
title	Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_short	Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full	Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_fullStr	Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_sort	knowledge on down syndrome and down syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in kuantan, pahang
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/2/slides%20unisza.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/77021/13/77021%20-%20abstract.pdf
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Knowledge on Down Syndrome and Down Syndrome prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang

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