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. 2014 Oct 23;147(4):979–988. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0797

TABLE 4 ] .

Survey Responses Related to Willingness to Provide a Genetic Sample for Research Comparing Interviewees Receptive and Not Receptive to Genetic Sample Collection

Survey Elementsa Genetic Sample Collection P Value
Receptive Not Receptive
How much have you heard about health-related genetic research? (1,490) < .001
 Heard a lot about it 352 (28.2) 51 (21.2)
 Heard a little about it 805 (64.4) 147 (61.2)
 Heard almost nothing about it 93 (7.4) 42 (17.5)
How positive or negative about genetic research? (1,362) < .001
 Very positive 547 (47.1) 43 (21.5)
 Somewhat positive 496 (42.7) 111 (55.5)
 Neither positive or negative 89 (7.7) 28 (14.0)
 Somewhat negative 24 (2.1) 13 (6.5)
 Very negative 6 (0.5) 5 (2.5)
How concerned about disclosure? (1,531) < .001
 Big worry 341 (26.1) 94 (41.8)
 Moderate worry 395 (30.2) 71 (31.6)
 Small worry 357 (27.3) 39 (17.3)
 No worry at all 213 (16.3) 21 (9.3)

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

a

Numbers in parentheses refer to participants analyzed for survey element.