Table 1.

Beliefs about the appropriateness of referral decision among physicians who reported non-guideline recommended referral decisions for “Terry” (n = 260)^*

Item	Mean (SD)
Beliefs about Terry’s level of risk†
Terry’s level of breast cancer risk	4.2 (1.1)
Likelihood Terry has genetic mutation	2.8 (1.4)
Beliefs about referral decision‡
Best clinical decision	4.8 (1.4)
Optimal use of genetic services	4.5 (1.5)
Factors important in the referral decision§
Terry’s level of emotional distress	5.5 (1.2)
Her sister’s age at diagnosis of breast cancer	5.1 (1.5)
Her having daughters	4.7 (1.5)
Terry’s age	4.3 (1.6)
Her mammography results from last year	3.8 (1.8)
What she told you about her insurance status	3.4 (1.9)
Her race	3.2 (1.7)
Her aunt’s age at diagnosis of lung cancer	2.9 (1.7)
That she is not Ashkenazi Jewish	2.9 (1.7)

^*Numbers are missing on some items.

^†7-pt scale: 1 = Very low; 7 = Very high.

^‡7-pt scale: 1= Not at all sure; 7 = Extremely sure.

^§7-pt scale: 1 = Not at all important, 7 = Extremely important.