Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes toward Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing in Pediatric Acute Care.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to characterize knowledge and attitudes about rapid whole genome sequencing (rWGS) implementation of a broad constituency of healthcare professionals at hospitals participating in a statewide initiative to implement rWGS for hospitalized neonates and children up to 18 years of age meeting clinical criteria for testing. We surveyed 307 healthcare professionals from eight hospitals about their knowledge and attitudes regarding rWGS. We examined survey internal reliability using exploratory factor analysis and associations between respondent characteristics and attitudes toward rWGS with linear regression. We thematically analyzed free-text responses. Views about rWGS implementation in respondents' own setting and respondents' personal capability to implement rWGS were generally neut

SUBMITTER: Franck LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8947383 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature