Table 5.

Univariate analysis for predictors of genetic testing attitudes

	Diagnostic testing		Predictive testing		Prenatal testing		Personal test
Predictor	Coefficienta	p value	Coefficient	p value	Coefficient	p value	Coefficient	p value
Knowledge factors
Inherit PD (1 vs 0)	0.362	0.129	0.112	0.560	−0.079	0.668	0.162	0.470
Family PD (1 vs 0)	0.587	0.005b	0.027	0.879	−0.202	0.247	0.247	0.222
Genes in pairs (1 vs 0)	0.243	0.257	0.067	0.708	−0.063	0.715	0.271	0.195
Get PD without gene (1 vs 0)	0.082	0.691	−0.187	0.283	0.026	0.877	−0.024	0.903
Symptoms, no gene (1 vs 0)	0.341	0.119	0.016	0.929	0.084	0.628	0.466	0.030b
Test available (1 vs 0)	0.443	0.287	−0.239	0.433	−0.218	0.469	0.362	0.353
Demographics
Help with Q’s (1 vs 2)	0.302	0.181	0.054	0.769	−0.206	0.245	0.481	0.032b
Religion (yes vs no)	−0.161	0.536	−0.052	0.809	−0.366	0.081	−0.069	0.778
Religious importance (inc. importance)	−0.086	0.321	−0.090	0.219	−0.248	0.001b	−0.134	0.112
Education (higher education)	−0.060	0.389	−0.153	0.011b	−0.067	0.245	−0.107	0.113
Married (vs other)	0.302	0.228	0.292	0.183	0.335	0.120	−0.123	0.635
Gender (female vs male)	−0.099	0.637	−0.229	0.200	−0.270	0.116	0.195	0.349
Income	0.053	0.644	−0.158	0.100	−0.042	0.643	−0.017	0.878
Age	−0.025	0.041b	0.009	0.373	−0.004	0.716	−0.015	0.200
Attitudes (reference = strongly disagree)
Find cure	0.639	<0.001b	0.586	<0.001b	0.259	0.052	0.574	<0.001b
Prevent PD	0.246	0.082	0.222	0.066	0.291	0.013b	0.346	0.012b
Plan future	0.525	0.001b	0.281	0.040b	0.585	<0.001b	0.809	<0.001b
Child’s risk	0.611	<0.001b	0.636	<0.001b	0.673	<0.001b	0.899	<0.001b
Seek therapies	0.595	0.001b	0.526	<0.001b	0.326	0.018b	0.762	<0.001b
No Help	−0.446	0.002b	−0.333	0.006b	−0.410	<0.001b	−0.551	<0.001b
Upsetting to self	−0.796	<0.001b	−0.449	<0.001b	−0.280	0.018b	−0.800	<0.001b
Own reaction	−0.404	0.005b	−0.259	0.028b	−0.095	0.391	−0.326	0.017b
Partner’s reaction	−0.199	0.151	−0.241	0.040b	−0.224	0.047b	−0.173	0.197
Family’s reaction	−0.183	0.199	−0.193	0.108	−0.254	0.030b	−0.123	0.374
Test accuracy	−0.646	<0.001b	−0.168	0.230	−0.024	0.858	−0.427	0.010b
Insurance worries	−0.246	0.078	−0.114	0.328	−0.308	0.008b	−0.135	0.311
Job worries	−0.079	0.577	−0.020	0.870	−0.162	0.170	0.040	0.775

^aPositive coefficients indicate greater support for the test and negative coefficients indicate less support for the test

^bSignificant at the 5 % level