Knowledge and Attitudes About Genetic Testing Among Black and White Women with Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Margaret Rosenzweig, Kenneth Hunter, Yolanda Murphy, Sikemi Ibikunle, Maura K. McCall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Breast Neoplasms Disease Literacy White People Article 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Epidemiology medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Genetic Testing Genetic testing media_common Black women 030505 public health White (horse) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Black or African American Anthropology Family medicine Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | J Racial Ethn Health Disparities |
| ISSN: | 2196-8837 |
| Popis: | Prior to embarking on a large descriptive evaluation of genetic/racial variations in symptom phenotype, we sought foundational information to determine racial differences in (1) feasibility (consent) and acceptability of collecting genomic samples, (2) genetic literacy, and (3) concerns of genomic research during breast cancer (BC) chemotherapy. Women with early-stage BC undergoing chemotherapy were recruited from an academic, urban breast care center. Information was collected for consent to participate, genetic literacy, and concerns about genetic testing in Black and White women with BC. Fifty-six women were eligible, and 48 were consented (24 Black, 24 White). All participants consented to blood testing. This highly educated sample’s mean age was 52.5 + 12.05 (years). Education (years) and genetic knowledge were positively correlated (p = .038). Genetic scores were high, and only one question significantly differed by race. On interview, most participants thought conducting genetic research helped to better understand hereditary disease and/or identify genes that cause disease and stated that they participated in the research to help other people. The majority of participants responded that friends/family would participate in genetic research without concerns, though three Black participants cited mistrust as a possible concern. Overall, there were high levels of genetic knowledge, slightly different between Black and White women. There were no high levels of personal concern regarding genetic testing. Black women reported more concern than White women that friends/family would have hesitations about participating in genetic research. There was general acceptability of blood collection for genetic testing among women with early-stage BC without racial difference. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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