Table 2.
Physician knowledge, attitudes and use of methods of breast cancer risk assessment strategies in last 12 months. For attitudes, the table shows the n and proportion of physicians who agree or strongly agree with the attitude statement.
| Overall N (%) | Discussed breast cancer risk factors | Used software to calculate breast cancer risk | Ordered or referred for BRCA1/2 testing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N=312 (88%) | No N=39 (12%) | p-value | Yes N=63 (18%) | No N=288 (82%) | p-value | Yes N=168 (48%) | No N=182 (57%) | p-value | ||
| Mean knowledge score (SD)* | 0.63 (0.24) | 0.63 (0.26) | 0.63 (0.22) | 0.10 | 0.71 (0.25) | 0.65 (0.26) | <0.01 | 0.65 (0.27) | 0.61 (0.26) | 0.20 |
| Many patients ask for risk information | 124 (35) | 121 (39) | 1 (3) | <0.01 | 17 (27) | 105 (37) | 0.15 | 65 (39) | 57 (31) | 0.20 |
| Information about risk creates unnecessary anxiety for many women | 48 (14) | 43 (14) | 5 (13) | 0.39 | 9 (14) | 39 (14) | 0.98 | 27 (16) | 21 (12) | 0.21 |
| Available methods of predicting risk are not accurate enough | 46 (13) | 44 (14) | 2 (5) | 0.09 | 9 (14) | 37 (13) | 0.53 | 22 (13) | 24 (13) | 0.99 |
| Too time consuming to evaluate and discuss risk | 37 (11) | 31 (10) | 6 (15) | 0.20 | 8 (13) | 29 (10) | 0.70 | 21 (13) | 15 (8) | 0.17 |
| Reluctant to use breast cancer risk assessment because a woman at low risk of breast cancer might decide not to undergo screening mammography | 22 (6) | 20 (6) | 2 (5) | 0.56 | 3 (5) | 19 (7) | 0.74 | 12 (7) | 10 (5) | 0.51 |
*
Mean knowledge score is the mean of the proportion of correct responses.