Knowledge, Attitudes, Willingness to Pay, and Patient Preferences About Genetic Testing and Subsequent Risk Management for Cancer Prevention
| Autor: | Leslie E. Cofie, Veronica Brown, Abbey B. Berenson, Yong Fang Kuo, Fangjian Guo, Erika Fuchs, Jacqueline M. Hirth, Maria E. Fernandez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice Genetic counseling Population Breast Neoplasms Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Willingness to pay medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Genetic Testing education Risk management Mastectomy Genetic testing education.field_of_study Risk Management Cancer prevention medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Patient Preference medicine.disease Preference Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | J Cancer Educ |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: Knowledge, attitudes, and patient preferences about genetic testing and subsequent risk management for cancer prevention among average risk populations are understudied, especially among Hispanics. This study was to assess these items by conducting an in-person survey in this understudied population. METHODS: We conducted in-person surveys using a self-administered, structured questionnaire among young women in 2017. Survey questions were adapted from other validated surveys. This study had 677 participants in the final analyses. Data were collected in 2017 and analyzed in 2018 and 2019. RESULTS: Participants had little knowledge about genes or breast cancer risk, but most felt that genetic testing for cancer prevention is “a good idea” (87.0%), “a reassuring idea” (84.0%), and that “everyone should get the test” (87.7%). Most (64.0%) of these women would pay up to $25 for the test, 29.3% would pay $25-$500, and |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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