Table 2 General medicine patients’ knowledge of and attitudes to different aspects of direct-to-consumer genetic tests (% of answers)
Gender | Age | Area | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | p | < 50 | 50–65 | > 65 | p | Rural | Urban | p | ||
Would you like to discuss DTCGT with your GP before deciding on whether to take this type of test? (n = 904¥) | |||||||||||
Yes | 76.4 | 79.4 | ns | 80.1 | 76.6 | 77.9 | ns | 75.6 | 78.6 | ns | 78.1 |
No | 15.8 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 18.1 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 14.9 | ||||
Do not know | 7.8 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | ||||
Who should receive the test results? (n = 925a) | |||||||||||
My GP exclusively or both me and my GP | 92.9 | 92.9 | ns | 92.2 | 92.5 | 92.1 | ns | 92.4 | 93.1 | ns | 92.9 |
Only myself | 5.9 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||||
Other | 1.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||||
How worried would you be while waiting for the test results? (n = 922a) | |||||||||||
Somewhat or very worried | 20.7 | 31.3 | *** | 35.6 | 28.1 | 15.0 | *** | 27.2 | 26.8 | *** | 26.7 |
Not at all worried or a little worried (or do not know) | 79.3 | 68.7 | 64.3 | 71.9 | 85.0 | 72.8 | 73.2 | ||||
Knowing that you had an increased risk, do you think that you would be worried throughout your life? (n = 898a) | |||||||||||
Somewhat or very worried | 26.5 | 34.8 | ** | 37.9 | 33.4 | 21.1 | 10–3 | 34.4 | 29.7 | ns | 31.5 |
Not at all worried or a little worried (or do not know) | 73.5 | 65.2 | 62.1 | 66.6 | 78.9 | 65.6 | 70.3 | ||||
When you received your results, would you like to discuss them with your GP? (n = 929a) | |||||||||||
Yes | 90.9 | 92.4 | ns | 91.2 | 91.6 | 92.8 | ns | 87.8 | 93.5 | ** | 91.7 |
No | 9.1 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 12.2 | 6.5 | ||||
Do you think you would like to be treated for this problem by a GP? (n = 929a) | |||||||||||
At least by a GP | 71.3 | 70.3 | ns | 69.1 | 75.0 | 68.7 | ns | 72.4 | 71.2 | ns | 70.7 |
By another professional | 28.7 | 29.7 | 30.9 | 25.0 | 31.3 | 27.6 | 28.8 | ||||