Total | Faculty of Pharmacy | Faculty of Medicine | Genetics and Bioengineering | Faculty of Health Studies | Non- ML&HS | p* | |
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Ethical | |||||||
Are you aware of the different ethical aspects of genetic testing? | |||||||
Yes | 244 (45)a | 90 (54) | 50 (36) | 28 (43) | 17 (27) | 26 (30) | < 0.01 |
No | 155 (29) | 32 (19) | 60 (43) | 22 (34) | 32 (50) | 33 (38) | |
Not sure | 139 (26) | 44 (27) | 30 (21) | 15 (23) | 15 (23) | 27 (32) | |
Total | 538 | 166 | 140 | 65 | 64 | 86 | |
What ethical issues do you believe might be related to genetic or PG testing? | |||||||
Patient privacy | 237 (46) | 88 (40) | 63 (34) | 29 (38) | 30 (41) | 27 (29) | < 0.01 |
Data confidentiality | 91 (18) | 82 (37) | 56 (30) | 14 (18) | 13 (18) | 8 (8) | |
Racial issues | 27 (5) | 10 (5) | 4 (3) | 2 (3) | 12 (17) | 9 (10) | |
Stigma | 20 (4) | 7(3) | 17 (9) | – | – | 3 (3) | |
Incidental findings | 47 (9) | 21 (9) | 21 (11) | 9 (12) | 9 (12) | 8 (8) | |
Other | 93 (18) | 14 (6) | 24 (13) | 21 (28) | 9 (12) | 39 (42) | |
Total | 515 | 222 | 185 | 75 | 73 | 94 | |
Legal | |||||||
Are you worried about the possibility that the results of a PG test may be passed to unauthorized persons? | |||||||
Worried | 238 (44) | 71 (43) | 69 (44) | 30 (46) | 24 (37) | 44 (51) | 1.0 |
Not worried | 190 (35) | 65 (39) | 60 (38) | 24 (36) | 21 (33) | 20 (23) | |
No opinion | 112 (21) | 30 (18) | 29 (18) | 12 (18) | 19 (30) | 22 (26) | |
Total | 540 | 166 | 158 | 66 | 64 | 86 | |
In case unfavorable test results should be disclosed, do you believe that you would be disadvantaged at work or job seeking? | |||||||
Yes | 165 (31) | 45 (27) | 49 (31) | 26 (39) | 21 (35) | 24 (28) | 0.400 |
No | 219 (41) | 86 (51) | 71 (45) | 17 (26) | 15 (25) | 30 (35) | |
Not sure | 152 (28) | 38 (22) | 38 (24) | 23 (35) | 24 (40) | 32 (37) | |
Total | 536 | 169 | 158 | 66 | 60 | 86 | |
Social | |||||||
In case of an unfavorable test result, do you believe you would feel “helpless” or “pessimistic”? | |||||||
Yes | 174 (33) | 63 (38) | 40 (25) | 26 (39) | 18 (29) | 27 (32) | 0.170 |
No | 265 (49) | 69 (42) | 93 (58) | 35 (53) | 32 (52) | 36 (42) | |
Not sure | 98 (18) | 34 (20) | 25 (16) | 5 (8) | 12 (19) | 22 (26) | |
Total | 537 | 166 | 158 | 66 | 62 | 85 | |
In case of an unfavorable test result, do you believe you would feel “different” or “inadequate”? | |||||||
Yes | 152 (28) | 51 (31) | 32 (20) | 25 (38) | 19 (31) | 25 (30) | 0.100 |
No | 268 (50) | 84 (50) | 95 (60) | 32 (48) | 27 (44) | 30 (36) | |
Not sure | 115 (22) | 31 (19) | 31 (20) | 9 (14) | 15 (25) | 29 (34) | |
Total | 535 | 166 | 158 | 66 | 61 | 84 |