The Impact of Test Outcome Certainty on Interest in Genetic Testing Among College Women

Osteoporosis and hemochromatosis are both late‐onset preventable diseases, but future genetic tests for these conditions are likely to differ in their predictive abilities. To determine whether interest in a specific genetic test for hemochromatosis would be higher than interest in a theoretical tes...

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Published in:Journal of genetic counseling 2003-04, Vol.12 (2), p.131-150
Main Authors: Paglierani, Lisa M., Kalkwarf, Heidi J., Rosenthal, Susan L., Huether, Carl A., Wenstrup, Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
certainty
college women
Diabetes
Disease
Fractures
Genetic counseling
Genetic testing
Health risk assessment
hemochromatosis
Hospitals
interest in genetic testing
Iron
Life expectancy
Liver cirrhosis
Mutation
Osteoporosis
Phlebotomy
Womens health
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Summary:Osteoporosis and hemochromatosis are both late‐onset preventable diseases, but future genetic tests for these conditions are likely to differ in their predictive abilities. To determine whether interest in a specific genetic test for hemochromatosis would be higher than interest in a theoretical test for osteoporosis susceptibility, undergraduate women at the University of Cincinnati (N = 181) were surveyed regarding their interest in genetic testing for these conditions. The clinical features of the diseases and the limits of a genetic test for each were described. Sixty‐three percent of the total population was interested in genetic testing with a trend toward higher interest in the osteoporosis group. Disease familiarity, perceived disease severity, and perceived risk for disease appear to be more important predictors of genetic test acceptance than diagnostic specificity. Suggested implications for the development of population genetic screening tests are discussed.
ISSN:1059-7700
1573-3599
DOI:10.1023/A:1022607223097