Table 1.

The use of REAL-G words in 152 genetic counseling sessions

REAL-G words	Overall REAL-G word use per session (mean repetitions of word)	Range of REAL-G use per session	Number of Sessions in which the word is used (% of sessions)
susceptibility	97 (5.1)	1–15	19 (13%)
variation	81 (2.5)	1–10	32 (21%)
abnormality	150 (4.4)	1–13	34 (22%)
sporadic	166 (3.7)	1–17	45 (30%)
hereditary	552 (8.2)	1–45	67 (44%)
mutation	1357 (15.4)	1–87	88 (58%)
chromosome	3450 (26.8)	1–78	129 (85%)
REAL-G Word Summary Overall REAL-G use Different REAL-G words used REAL-G word repetitions ratio of REAL-G to all session words	Mean (SD) 39 (23) 3 (1) 20 (13) 0.0058 (.005)	Range 0–129 0–6 3 –78 0 – 0.04