Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Prenat Diagn. 2010 Oct;30(10):977-80. doi: 10.1002/pd.2600.
To study the attitudes of pregnant women towards termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality.
A questionnaire was completed by all pregnant women attending routine ultrasound scan. They were asked whether they would opt for termination of the pregnancy in case the fetus was diagnosed with one of the following abnormalities: lethal anomaly, anomaly causing developmental delay, anomaly causing physical handicap, anomaly causing disfigurement and severe anomaly diagnosed after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the effect of a variety of demographic and socio-economic characteristics in their choices.
A total of 533 women completed the questionnaire out of which 447 (86%) would terminate the pregnancy in case of lethal fetal anomaly. The corresponding figures for anomaly causing developmental delay, anomaly causing physical handicap and anomaly causing disfigurement were 396 (77.8%), 332 (65.9%) and 228 (45.2%). A total of 313 (64.7%) would request late termination owing to severe anomaly. The only two statistically significant factors that influenced the maternal decision on pregnancy termination were religious beliefs and the frequency of practicing religious duties (p < 0.001).
The majority of pregnant women would terminate pregnancy for lethal fetal anomaly and for an anomaly causing mental or physical handicap, even in late pregnancy.
研究孕妇对胎儿异常终止妊娠的态度。
所有接受常规超声扫描的孕妇都填写了一份问卷。他们被问到如果胎儿被诊断出以下任何一种异常，他们是否会选择终止妊娠：致命异常、导致发育迟缓的异常、导致身体残疾的异常、导致畸形的异常和 24 周后诊断出的严重异常。采用逻辑回归分析来检查各种人口统计学和社会经济特征对他们选择的影响。
共有 533 名妇女完成了问卷，其中 447 名（86%）会在胎儿出现致命异常时终止妊娠。导致发育迟缓、导致身体残疾和导致畸形的异常的相应数字为 396（77.8%）、332（65.9%）和 228（45.2%）。共有 313 名（64.7%）因严重异常要求晚期终止妊娠。唯一两个对产妇终止妊娠决定有统计学意义的因素是宗教信仰和宗教活动的频率（p < 0.001）。
大多数孕妇会因胎儿致命异常和导致精神或身体残疾的异常而终止妊娠，即使在妊娠晚期也是如此。
