Table 4.
Participant Survey Results
| Healthcare Provider Experiences with Implementing Genomic Medicine in a FQHC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 12 | |||||||||
| Did you review the GIRA reports with any of your patients? | |||||||||
| YES n (%) | NO n (%) | ||||||||
| 12 (100%) | 0 | ||||||||
| What prevented you from reviewing a GIRA report with any of your patients? Check all that apply. | |||||||||
| # | |||||||||
| Lack of time | 4 | ||||||||
| I get too many messages | 1 | ||||||||
| I didn’t think it would be relevant | 1 | ||||||||
| I didn’t think it would require changes in the management of my patient | 3 | ||||||||
| I didn’t order it | 2 | ||||||||
| I assumed the study staff were taking care of this | 2 | ||||||||
| I didn’t know what it was | 1 | ||||||||
| Other | 4 | ||||||||
| A component of the GIRA is the polygenic risk score (PRS), which uses multiple genetic variants to assess a person’s risk of disease. In general, how confident are you… | |||||||||
| Not at all n (%) | A little n (%) | Somewhat n (%) | Very n (%) | ||||||
| …in your knowledge about PRS? | 1 (8.3) | 5 (41.6) | 6 (50) | 0 | |||||
| …in your ability to explain a PRS result to your patients? | 0 | 3 (25) | 8 (66.6) | 1 (8.3) | |||||
| …in your ability to make health care recommendations for your patients based on a PRS result? | 0 | 3 (25) | 5 (41.6) | 4 (33.3) | |||||
| After you reviewed the GIRA reports for your patients, how… | |||||||||
| Not at all n (%) | A little n (%) | Somewhat n (%) | Very n (%) | ||||||
| …understandable were the GIRA reports? | 0 | 3 (25) | 3 (25) | 6 (50) | |||||
| …valuable do you think the results on the GIRA report are for your patients’ medical care? | 0 | 4 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) | |||||
| …does acting on the GIRA recommendations adversely affect your workflow? | 6 (50) | 5 (41.6) | 1 (8.3) | 0 | |||||
| … likely are you to act on the GIRA reports in your practice? | 0 | 3 (25) | 3 (25) | 6 (50) | |||||
| …likely will your patients make healthcare changes based on the GIRA recommendations? | 0 | 7 (58.3) | 4 (33.3) | 1 (8.3) | |||||
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Did you make any recommendations to your patients based on the findings from the GIRA reports? Recommendations could include order test/s, change treatment, and/or recommend lifestyle change. | |||||||||
|
YES n (%) |
NO n (%) | ||||||||
| 12 (100%) | 0 | ||||||||