Experience in nursing of patients with Robertsonian translocation receiving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis

Objective We sought to summarize the experience in nursing the patients of Robertsoni-an translocation receiving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Methods Thirty-eight patients with Robertsonian translocation received PGD. These patients received health education and psychological nurs-ing except for routine therapy and nursing. Results All these patients had no obvious negative emotion and complied with the therapy. Nine patients were successfully pregnant and pregnancy rate was 23.7%, 7 of them delivered healthy neonates. Conclusions Health education, psychology nursing together with con-trolled ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval and embryonic transplantation can reduce negative emotion, im-prove compliance of therapy, and benefit the process of PGD and clinical outcomes. Key words: Robertsonian translocation; Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis; Health education; Psychological nursing