Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative Study

Objective: We aimed to identify factors influencing pregnant women’s use of patient decision aids (PtDA) and decision making on prenatal screening. Materials and methods: This qualitative study was conducted between July 2019 and June 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The sample included 26 pregnant women sele...

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Main Authors: Razieh Zahedi, Leila Nemati-Anaraki, Shahram Sedghi, Mamak Shariat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Family and Reproductive Health
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Online Access:https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/1471
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spelling doaj-ee9dd581d5034742ad8d0eb5ab8e22282021-09-11T05:36:30ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Family and Reproductive Health1735-89491735-93922021-02-0114410.18502/jfrh.v14i4.5205Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative StudyRazieh Zahedi0Leila Nemati-Anaraki1Shahram Sedghi2Mamak Shariat3Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranششHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranMaternal, Fetal and Neonatal Research Center, Institute of Family Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Objective: We aimed to identify factors influencing pregnant women’s use of patient decision aids (PtDA) and decision making on prenatal screening. Materials and methods: This qualitative study was conducted between July 2019 and June 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The sample included 26 pregnant women selected by purposive sampling. The participants used a prenatal screening PtDA, then interviewed about factors that would influence their decision making and use of decision aids. The data were analyzed by conventional content analysis. Results: Three categories were identified for the process of and factors influencing decision making, including the current decision making process, expected decision making process, and factors influencing decision making. Also, five categories were identified as factors affecting the use of PtDAs, including the content of decision aids, the appearance of decision aids, the decision aid platform, the provision of decision aids, and the sub features of decision aids. Conclusion: To design, develop, and implementation of PtDAs for pregnant women, one should identify the factors affecting pregnant women’s decision making and the use of decision aids. This study helped to the identification of these factors, which is the first step towards the use of PtDAs by pregnant women and their participation in decision making. https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/1471Decision MakingPatient Decision Aid (PtDA)Pregnant WomenPrenatal Screening
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author Razieh Zahedi
Leila Nemati-Anaraki
Shahram Sedghi
Mamak Shariat
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Leila Nemati-Anaraki
Shahram Sedghi
Mamak Shariat
Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative Study
Journal of Family and Reproductive Health
Decision Making
Patient Decision Aid (PtDA)
Pregnant Women
Prenatal Screening
author_facet Razieh Zahedi
Leila Nemati-Anaraki
Shahram Sedghi
Mamak Shariat
author_sort Razieh Zahedi
title Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative Study
title_short Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative Study
title_full Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing Pregnant Women’s Use of Patient Decision Aids and Decision Making on Prenatal Screening: A Qualitative Study
title_sort factors influencing pregnant women’s use of patient decision aids and decision making on prenatal screening: a qualitative study
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Journal of Family and Reproductive Health
issn 1735-8949
1735-9392
publishDate 2021-02-01
description Objective: We aimed to identify factors influencing pregnant women’s use of patient decision aids (PtDA) and decision making on prenatal screening. Materials and methods: This qualitative study was conducted between July 2019 and June 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The sample included 26 pregnant women selected by purposive sampling. The participants used a prenatal screening PtDA, then interviewed about factors that would influence their decision making and use of decision aids. The data were analyzed by conventional content analysis. Results: Three categories were identified for the process of and factors influencing decision making, including the current decision making process, expected decision making process, and factors influencing decision making. Also, five categories were identified as factors affecting the use of PtDAs, including the content of decision aids, the appearance of decision aids, the decision aid platform, the provision of decision aids, and the sub features of decision aids. Conclusion: To design, develop, and implementation of PtDAs for pregnant women, one should identify the factors affecting pregnant women’s decision making and the use of decision aids. This study helped to the identification of these factors, which is the first step towards the use of PtDAs by pregnant women and their participation in decision making.
topic Decision Making
Patient Decision Aid (PtDA)
Pregnant Women
Prenatal Screening
url https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/1471
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