Engaging Australian healthcare consumers to determine priorities and consensus for precision medicine approaches to detect non-communicable disease in early life: a modified Delphi study.

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Research to develop early screening tools to determine an individual's risk of developing adult-onset disease is a growing field. Expectant parents may find themselves with an option in the future to undergo screening to determine not only genetic abnormalities in their child but also their risk of developing adult-onset non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as hypertension, obesity or hypercholesterolaemia. To ensure acceptability and feasibility of new screening tools researchers must work in partnership with healthcare consumers to discern consumers' current understanding and acceptance of these technologies in research and the potential for clinical applications. We sought to engage with healthcare consumers to develop a consensus, using a modified Delphi study design

SUBMITTER: Grace T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624784 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature