OBJECTIVE: Ultrasound is a widespread noninvasive method of prenatal diagnosis. The detection of fetal abnormalities can provoke @entity148 , which needs coping. The coping process of pregnant @entity1 with different risk conditions for fetal abnormality were studied in a longitudinal design and compared with a nonrisk control group of @entity1 with healthy uncomplicated pregnancies. METHODS: The coping strategies of @entity1 (n=664) during the second trimester were assessed with a questionnaire [Heim E, Augustiny KF, Blaser A, Schaffner L. Berner Bew  ltigungsformen (BEFO) Handbuch. Bern: Huber, 1991]. Data were collected at three points in time: immediately before the ultrasound scanning for @entity2241 , at 5-6 and 10-12 weeks after the prenatal ultrasound examination. Questionnaires were also used to collect information about sociodemographic data, @entity148 , pregnancy data and personality. RESULTS: The analysis of the coping strategies of @entity1 with high-risk pregnancies (n=497) and as well of these with no-risk conditions in the control group (n=167) revealed three different factors of coping: Factor I: positive emotional attitude/distance, Factor II: negative emotional attitude/disapproval and Factor III: active coping. At all three points in time, Factor I correlated significantly with @entity148 decrease, Factor II with increase and Factor III did not correlate with @entity148 at all. CONCLUSIONS: @entity1 with risk-pregnancies used coping strategies similar to those @entity1 in the control-group. Different spectrums of coping strategies corresponded significantly to increasing or decreasing @entity148 . These @entity1 with high levels of @entity148 , especially, should be offered sensitive care or psychotherapeutic counseling, as their coping processes did not lead to successful coping in the form of a reduction in @entity148 .

Coping styles of pregnant @entity1 after prenatal ultrasound screening for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Women'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity2241 :: ('MESH:D005315', 'Disease') :: ['fetal malformation']
@entity2241 :: (MESH:D005315,Disease) :: ['fetal malformation']
