Attitudes, knowledge, and risk perceptions of patients who received elective genomic testing as a clinical service.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Elective genomic testing (EGT) is increasingly available clinically. Limited real-world evidence exists about attitudes and knowledge of EGT recipients.

Methods

After web-based education, patients who enrolled in an EGT program at a rural nonprofit health care system completed a survey that assessed attitudes, knowledge, and risk perceptions.

Results

From August 2020 to April 2022, 5920 patients completed the survey and received testing. Patients most frequently cited interest in learning their personal disease risks as their primary motivation. Patients most often expected results to guide medication management (74.0%), prevent future disease (70.4%), and provide information about risks to offspring (65.4%). Patients were "very concerned" most frequently abou

SUBMITTER: Zoltick ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11456384 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature