Changes in Knowledge about Umbilical Cord Blood Banking and Genetic Tests among Pregnant Women from Polish Urban and Rural Areas between 2010–2012 and 2017

Maria Szubert, Malwina Ilowiecka, Jacek Wilczynski, Monika Szpotanska-Sikorska and Cezary Wojtyla
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Maria Szubert: Clinic of Surgical and Oncologic Gynecology, 1st Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, 94-029 Lodz, Poland
Malwina Ilowiecka: Clinic of Surgical and Oncologic Gynecology, 1st Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, 94-029 Lodz, Poland
Jacek Wilczynski: Clinic of Surgical and Oncologic Gynecology, 1st Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, 94-029 Lodz, Poland
Monika Szpotanska-Sikorska: 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw; 1/3 Starynkiewicza Sq, 02-015 Warsaw, Poland
Cezary Wojtyla: International Prevention Research Institute–Collaborating Centre, State University of Applied Sciences, Kaszubska 16 St., 62-800, Kalisz, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 16, 1-10

Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge of umbilical cord blood (UBC) banking and prenatal genetic diagnosis among pregnant women from rural and urban areas, and how this knowledge changed within a five-year period. A survey by questionnaire was conducted between 2010 and 2012, and in 2017 in public hospitals; the study population comprised 6128 women, with 2797 patients from the years 2010–2012 and 3331 from the year 2017. 41% of the studied population declared that they were living in rural areas. In the 2010–2012 period, fewer women from rural areas knew about UBC banking. In 2017 that same relative difference in knowledge persisted, but the percentage of women who now knew about this procedure rose significantly in both studied groups. Prenatal diagnosis was more familiar for urban inhabitants both in 2010 and 2017 but as with the UBC data, a trend of growing awareness was also seen in pregnant women from rural areas. Knowledge of new techniques such as UBC banking and genetic tests has grown among pregnant women during the time frame of our study, but there is still a need to emphasize the benefits of these two possibilities to pregnant women, especially among rural inhabitants.

Keywords: genetic testing; umbilical cord blood banking; pregnancy; women health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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