(b) Confidence in personal knowledge of medical geneticsa,b.
| PCPsc n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
Naturopaths n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
OB-GYNs n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
Specialistsf n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
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| Confidence in personal knowledge of BOCg genetics | ||||
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| Not at all | 111 (30.6%) | 92 (42.6%) | 23 (6.9%) | 87 (30.0%) |
| (26.1%–35.5%) | (36.2%–49.3%) | (4.6%–10.2%) | (25.0%–35.5%) | |
| Somewhat | 188 (51.8%) | 90 (41.7%) | 132 (39.6%) | 115 (39.7%) |
| (46.6%–56.9%) | (35.3%–48.4%) | (34.5%–45.0%) | (34.2%–45.4%) | |
| Moderately/very | 64 (17.6%) | 34 (15.7%) | 178 (53.5%) | 88 (30.3%) |
| (14.1%–21.9%) | (11.5%–21.2%) | (48.1%–58.8%) | (25.3%–36.0%) | |
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| Confidence in personal knowledge of CRCh genetics | ||||
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| Not at all | 110 (30.5%) | 114 (52.8%) | 77 (23.2%) | 43 (11.3%) |
| (25.9–35.4) | (46.1–59.4) | (19.0–28.0) | (8.1–15.5) | |
| Somewhat | 190 (52.6%) | 81 (37.5%) | 176 (53.0%) | 105 (36.0%) |
| (47.5%–57.7%) | (31.3%–44.2%) | (47.6%–58.3%) | (30.7%–41.6%) | |
| Moderately/very | 61 (16.9%) | 21 (9.7%) | 79 (23.8%) | 154 (52.7%) |
| (13.4%–21.1%) | (6.4–14.5) | (19.5–28.7) | (47.0–58.4) | |
aCategory totals may be less than the total number of respondents, due to missing values.
bBolded estimates indicate significant findings.
cPCPs: primary care providers which include family physicians, internal medicine physicians, primary care nurse practitioners, and primary care physician assistants.
dThe column % reflects the percent responding within each practice category.
eCI: confidence interval.
fSpecialists consisted of surgeons, colorectal surgeons, general surgeons, gastroenterologists, oncologists, and gynecologic oncologists.
gBOC: breast and ovarian cancer.
hCRC: colorectal cancer.