Table 4. Student reflection on genotyping offer and experience.
Questiona | Genotyped groupN = 23 | Non-genotyped group N = 8 | |
This course helped me understand what a patient's experience might be like if they chose to undergo personal genotyping | 23 (100.0) | 4 (50.0) | 0.00057 |
Pleased with decision regarding personal genotyping | 19 (82.6) | 1 (12.5) | 0.00058 |
Experienced anxiety when deciding whether to undergo personal genotyping | 3 (13.0) | 4 (50.0) | 0.0087 |
Experienced anxiety when awaiting PGT results | 3 (13.0) | – | |
Experienced anxiety after receiving PGT results | 2 (8.7) | – | |
The opportunity to ask healthcare professional (e.g. genetic counselor, medical geneticist, or other physicians) for help in interpreting the results is an important component to a personal genotyping offer | 21 (91.3) | 7 (87.5) | 0.23 |
The number (and percentage) of subjects who agreed or strongly agreed with each statement is reported.
Mann-Whitney U-test comparing post-course responses between genotyped and non-genotyped groups.