Table 3.
Patient perceptions of benefits and barriers to sharing germline cancer screening results with blood relatives.
| Sharing Intention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning to Share with All Relative Types (N = 154) |
May Not Share with at Least One Relative Type (N = 58) |
Overall (N = 212) |
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| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p-Value | |
| Identification of Benefits | ||||
| My family will be glad I shared my genetic test results with them | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 135 (88.2) | 32 (56.1) | 167 (79.5) | |
| No | 18 (11.8) | 25 (43.9) | 43 (20.5) | |
| Sharing my genetic test results will bring my family closer together | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 76 (49.7) | 11 (19.3) | 87 (41.4) | |
| No | 77 (50.3) | 46 (80.7) | 123 (58.6) | |
| Sharing my genetic test results will help my family make decisions about their healthcare | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 133 (86.9) | 35 (61.4) | 168 (80.0) | |
| No | 20 (13.1) | 22 (38.6) | 42 (20.0) | |
| Identification of Barriers | ||||
| Some of my family members… | ||||
| … will be difficult to reach | 0.648 | |||
| Yes | 13 (8.5) | 6 (10.5) | 19 (9.0) | |
| No | 140 (91.5) | 51 (89.5) | 191 (91.0) | |
| … will struggle to understand my genetic test results | 0.447 | |||
| Yes | 17 (11.3) | 4 (7.0) | 21 (10.1) | |
| No | 133 (88.7) | 53 (93.0) | 186 (89.9) | |
| … will be upset with me when they hear about my genetic test results | 0.013 | |||
| Yes | 3 (2.0) | 6 (10.5) | 9 (4.3) | |
| No | 150 (98.0) | 51 (89.5) | 201 (95.7) | |
| … will not want to hear about my genetic test results | 0.750 | |||
| Yes | 9 (5.9) | 4 (7.1) | 13 (6.2) | |
| No | 144 (94.1) | 52 (92.9) | 196 (93.8) | |
| … are struggling with other personal issues and sharing my genetic test results with them will add to their problems | 0.350 | |||
| Yes | 8 (5.3) | 5 (8.8) | 13 (6.2) | |
| No | 144 (94.7) | 52 (91.2) | 196 (93.8) | |