Table 1.

Baseline Participant Characteristics^*

Characteristics	Counselor Group (n = 105)	Computer Group (n = 106)	P Value
Age, mean (range), y	44 (24–71)	45 (23–77)	.33
Race/ethnicity
White	95 (90)	100 (95)	].28
African American	6 (6)	2 (2)
Hispanic	4 (4)	2 (2)
Education
≥College degree	53 (50)	65 (62)	].10
<College degree	52 (50)	40 (38)
Religion
Catholic	27 (26)	38 (37)	].52
Protestant or other Christian	52 (50)	45 (44)
Jewish	7 (7)	7 (7)
Other	11 (11)	7 (7)
None	6 (6)	6 (6)
“Very strong” religious or spiritual faith	53 (50)	47 (44)	.37
Uses computer at work
Often or sometimes	71 (72)	83 (82)	].40
Rarely or never	27 (28)	18 (18)
Uses computer to manage personal affairs
Often or sometimes	63 (61)	68 (65)	].12
Rarely or never	40 (39)	36 (35)
Very confident with computer skills	39 (37)	44 (42)	.78
“How much have you read or heard about genetic testing?”
Fair amount or a lot	44 (42)	45 (42)	].98
Almost nothing or relatively little	60 (58)	61 (58)
REALM health literacy score, mean (range)†	65 (55–66)	65 (38–66)	>.99
Calculated risk of carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation
High risk (≥10% chance)	44 (42)	50 (47)	].40
Low risk (<10% chance)	61 (58)	56 (53)
Personal history of breast cancer	29 (28)	35 (33)	.37

^*Data are expressed as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

^†Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) scale ranges from 0 to 66.³⁶