Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants by group assignment

Characteristic	Counselor group n = 105	Computer group n = 106	P value
Mean age, y (range)	44 (24–71)	45 (23–77)	0.33
Race/ethnicity, White, n (%)	95 (90)	100 (95)	0.28
Education
≥ College Grad n (%)	53 (50)	65 (62)	0.095
Religion, n (%)
Catholic	27 (26)	38 (37)
Protestant or other Christian	52 (50)	45 (44)
Jewish	7 (7)	7 (7)
Other or None	17 (17)	13 (13)
“Very strong” religious or spiritual faith, n (%)	53 (50)	47 (44)	0.37
Computer use at work, n (%)
Often or sometimes	71 (72)	83 (82)	0.4
Computer use to manage personal affairs, n (%)
Often or sometimes	63 (61)	68 (65)	0.12
Very confident with computer skills, n (%)	39 (37)	44 (42)	0.78
How much have you read or heard about genetic testing? n (%)
Fair amount or a lot	44 (42)	45 (42)	0.98
Mean REALM health literacy score (range 0–66)	65	65	>0.99
Calculated risk of carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation			0.4
High risk (≥ 10% chance), n (%)	44 (42)	50 (47)
Low risk (< 10% chance), n (%)	61 (58)	56 (53)
Personal history of breast cancer, n (%)	29 (28)	35 (33)	0.37