Genetic Information to Share with Parents when Newborn Screening Reveals the Presence of Sickle Cell Trait

Table 2

How to reduce parental anxiety at the time of the announcement?

How can parents’ concerns be addressed?	Number	%
Avoiding the phone call to announce “bad news”	52	44
Standardised, short, precise message	34	28.8
Do not dramatise, but reassure	82	69.5
Do not give details about the illness (because the child is not sick)	27	22.9
Answer all parents’ questions	114	96.6
Record the child’s status in the health record	75	63.6
Total number of participants: 118	4 questions not answered