Experiences of adolescents and their parents after receiving adolescents' genomic screening results.

ABSTRACT: There has been considerable debate over whether adolescents should have the opportunity to learn genetic information about adult-onset disease risk and carrier status without a clinical indication. Adolescents face increasing opportunities to learn more about such genetic risks through the return of secondary findings from clinical genomic testing, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and research opportunities. However, little is known about the perspectives of adolescents who have received genomic screening results. We conducted separate qualitative interviews with 15 adolescents and their parents who enrolled in a research protocol where they decided which genomic screening results to receive for the adolescent for up to 32 conditions informed by 84 genes. The goal of these interviews wa

SUBMITTER: Lillie N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10093789 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature