Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2025 Nov 13;145(15). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.25.0374. Print 2025 Dec 16.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a genetic analysis based on a blood test from a pregnant woman, which can assess the likelihood of the fetus having trisomy 13, 18 or 21. Early ultrasound has been offered to all pregnant women as part of prenatal care in Norway since 2022, while NIPT is offered to pregnant women who will be 35 years of age or older on their due date. The objective of this study was to survey attitudes to NIPT among pregnant women under 35 years of age.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: Between December 2024 and January 2025, we distributed a questionnaire to all pregnant women under 35 years of age attending an early ultrasound scan at five university hospitals in Norway.
RESULTS: The questionnaire was answered by 1260 (99.6 %) of the 1265 pregnant women invited to complete it. Out of 1200 women who answered the question about whether NIPT should be offered to all pregnant women through the Norwegian public health service, 915 (76.2 %) answered 'yes'. Out of 1188 women who answered that they had heard of NIPT, 211 (17.9 %) had paid for it themselves.
INTERPRETATION: Three in four pregnant women under 35 years of age in Norway think that NIPT should be offered to all pregnant women as part of early prenatal screening in the public health service.
PMID:41410970 | DOI:10.4045/tidsskr.25.0374