Development and pilot test of a pregnancy decision making tool for women with physical disabilities.

Objective: Design and pilot test a new decision making tool for women with physical disabilities (impairment of physical function due to chronic conditions) considering pregnancy.

Data Sources And Study Setting: Quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews were collected from participants living in the community.

Study Design: Clinical guidelines and survey and focus group data about pregnancy informational and decisional needs guided content development.

Development of a new pregnancy informational and decisional needs survey for women with physical disabilities.

Background: While the literature on pregnancy and disability is growing, generating important knowledge of barriers to care and health risks, there is limited literature on pregnancy decision-making and informational needs. Such knowledge is critical for the development of interventions to mitigate the challenges women with disabilities and health care providers face in making this important decision.

Objective: /Hypothesis: Develop a survey of pregnancy decisional and informational needs of women with physical disabilities.