Women's attitude towards prenatal screening for red blood cell antibodies, other than RhD

Table 3 Received information about antibodies and HDFN, according to HDFN risk, as established upon first trimester RBC antibody screening

	Controls	Screen-positive, not at risk HDFN			At risk HDFN
	n = 73¹	Screen-pos, not-confirmed n = 21	Clinically non-relevant antibodies n = 44	Non-RhD antibodies, father neg. n = 30	Non-RhD-antibodies, father positive n = 45
Mode of reporting result screening for RBC antibodies
- regular consult – %	84	67	73	64*	36*
- telephone	4	29*	16*	23*	44*
- letter	3	4	9	10	9
- other way	1	0	2	3	7
- not reported	8	0	0	0	4
Information read in written information, provided by obstetric care worker?
Yes – %	51	43	55	77*	49
Verbal information provided by obstetric care worker
Yes – %	65	76	84*	90*	96*
Information sources found by the woman herself (more than one source possible)
- written – %	45	19*	21*	33	16*
- internet	10	19	27*	30^≈	53*
- friends/family	21	14	11	23	27
- education	18	24	5*	7	7
- OPZI-study ²	0	0	0	23*	13*
- other sources	4	5	0	0	7

¹ Weighted controls from hospital care: 35*0.41 = 15; 58 controls from midwifery care
² OPZI-study: nation-wide evaluation of the first screening program for RBC antibodies, other than RhD
* p < 0.05, differences compared to controls

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