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Public awareness and use of direct-to-consumer per... [Genet Med. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

Public awareness and use of direct-to-consumer per... [Genet Med. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

Genet Med. 2012 Jul 19. doi: 10.1038/gim.2012.67. [Epub ahead of print]

Public awareness and use of direct-to-consumer personal genomic tests from four state population-based surveys, and implications for clinical and public health practice.

Source

Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

Purpose:Direct-to-consumer personal genomic tests are widely available, but population-based data are limited on awareness and use of these tests among the general public in the United States.Methods:We assessed awareness and use of direct-to-consumer personal genomic tests in Connecticut, Michigan, Oregon, and Utah using the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and compared the state results to the 2008 national HealthStyles survey results.Results:Awareness was the highest in Oregon (29.1%) and the lowest in Michigan (15.8%). Factors associated with awareness across all states and nationally were higher education, higher income, and increasing age, except among those 75 years or older. Less than 1% of respondents had used the tests, with about one-half to three-quarters of those sharing the results with a health-care provider.Conclusions:Awareness of direct-to-consumer genetic tests is greater in this study as compared with a related study conducted in 2006, whereas use is similarly low in both studies. The few respondents who reported using the tests often reported sharing their results with their health-care provider, indicating an important opportunity for health-care providers to offer patient education regarding these tests. Public health agencies have important roles in surveillance, education, and policy development on direct-to-consumer genomic tests.Genet Med advance online publication 19 July 2012.
PMID:
22814860
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