Table 1.
Characteristics of Health Professional and Community Member Participants
| Characteristic | Health Professionals (n=20) |
Community Members (n=26) |
Cohen’s d |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | ||||
| Age in years | 45.3 (9.95) | 43.2 (13.81) | 0.17 | 0.141 |
| Highest education level completed a | 4.75 (0.55) | 2.42 (0.81) | 3.28 | <0.001 |
| Percent (Yes) | p1 – p2 | |||
| Female (Gender) | 80 | 58 | 22 | 0.128 |
| Currently employed | 100 | 40 | 60 | <0.001 |
| Total household income > $35,000? | 100 | 31 | 69 | <0.001 |
| Ever asked to have a genetic test | 45 | 8 | 37 | <0.001 |
| Ever actually got genetic test (if ever asked) | 60 | 6 | 54 | <0.001 |
| Took high school course with genetics topic | 60 | 31 | 29 | <0.05 |
| Took college course with genetics topic | 70 | 19 | 51 | <0.01 |
| Told by doctor/psychologist they had mental illness | 5 | 33 | 28 | <0.05 |
| Interested in being contacted about genetic research | 55 | 83 | 28 | <0.05 |
| Has biological relative with mental illness (yes) | 35 | 48 | 13 | 0.380 |
a
Scale: 1 = less than high school; 2 = high school/GED ; 3 = some college; 4 = college degree; 5 = graduate degree