TABLE 2 ] .
Survey Responses Related to Attitudes Concerning Genetic Research Comparing Ambulatory Patients and Surrogates for Critically Ill Individuals
| Survey Elementsa | All Respondents | Ambulatory Patients | Surrogates | P Value |
| How much have you heard about health-related genetic research? (1,515) | < .001 | |||
| Heard a lot about it | 411 (25.1) | 321 (26.9) | 90 (27.9) | |
| Heard a little about it | 968 (59.1) | 748 (62.7) | 220 (68.3) | |
| Heard almost nothing about it | 136 (8.3) | 124 (10.4) | 12 (3.7) | |
| How positive or negative about genetic research? (1,386) | < .001 | |||
| Very positive | 604 (36.9) | 506 (47.5) | 98 (30.5) | |
| Somewhat positive | 615 (37.5) | 453 (42.5) | 162 (50.5) | |
| Neither positive or negative | 119 (7.3) | 67 (6.3) | 52 (16.2) | |
| Somewhat negative | 37 (2.2) | 29 (2.7) | 8 (2.5) | |
| Very negative | 11 (0.1) | 10 (0.9) | 1 (0.3) | |
| How willing to permit genetic sample collection? (1,613) | < .001 | |||
| Very willing | 843 (52.2) | 681 (57.9) | 162 (37.1) | |
| Moderately willing | 490 (30.4) | 310 (26.4) | 180 (41.2) | |
| Not very willing | 187 (11.6) | 135 (11.5) | 52 (11.9) | |
| Not willing at all | 93 (5.8) | 50 (4.2) | 43 (9.8) | |
| How concerned about disclosure? (1,551) | < .001 | |||
| Big worry | 445 (27.2) | 354 (31.9) | 91 (20.5) | |
| Moderate worry | 471 (28.7) | 352 (31.7) | 119 (26.9) | |
| Small worry | 399 (24.3) | 282 (25.4) | 117 (26.5) | |
| No worry at all | 236 (14.4) | 121 (10.9) | 115 (26.0) |
Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
a
Numbers in parentheses refer to participants analyzed for survey element.