Table 1. Physician and Patient Characteristics.
Physician Characteristics | Frequency (%) (n=27) |
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Program | ||
GI | 52 | |
Thoracic | 48 | |
Principal Investigator | ||
Clinical trials | 59 | |
Translational research | 44 | |
Basic science | 15 | |
Outcomes/health services or cancer epidemiology | 22 | |
Gender | ||
Male | 78 | |
Female | 22 | |
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Median | IQR | |
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Year completed fellowship | 2007 | 1999-2011 |
# Unique patients seen per month | 50 | 28-70 |
Percent of professional time spent in: | ||
Patient care | 40 | 30-75 |
Research | 40 | 19-60 |
Teaching | 5 | 5-10 |
Administration | 5 | 0-15 |
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Patient Characteristics |
Frequency (%) (n=167)* |
|
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Age at consent, mean (SD) | 59.8 (12.0) | |
Gender | ||
Female | 97 (58) | |
Cancer | ||
Lung | 89 (53) | |
Colorectal | 78 (47) | |
Race** | ||
White | 130 (85) | |
Non-white | 19 (13) | |
Hispanic/Latino** | 3 (2) | |
Education** | ||
≥ College graduate | 68 (44) | |
Overall health, mean (SD) † ** | 5.2 (1.1) | |
Prior genetic testing ‡ ** | ||
Yes | 20 (13) | |
No | 122 (80) | |
Don't Know | 11 (7) | |
Attitude toward genetic testing, mean (SD) §** | 1.3 (0.7) |
Percentages may not add to 100% due to missing responses and/or rounding.
n=153 who completed baseline survey
Seven point scale from very poor (1) to excellent (7)1
Self reported
Attitude score range 1-5, lower numbers correspond to more positive attitudes2
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Michie, S., di Lorenzo, E., Lane, R., Armstrong, K., & Sanderson, S. (2004). Genetic information leaflets: Influencing attitudes towards genetic testing. Genetics in Medicine, 6(4), 219–225.