Table 3.

Multivariate analyses of patient satisfaction with pre- and post-test genetic counselling (models 1 and 2), perceived collaboration between caregivers in the genetic testing pathway (model 3) and perceived improvement in quality of life by type of genetic test (model 4)

	OR	95% CI	p-value
Patient satisfaction with pre-test genetic counselling (model 1)
Type of genetic test
APC test a	7.13a	1.08 - infa	0.039a
BRCA1/2 tests	6.00	1.19–30.36	0.030
Thrombophilia tests (reference)	1.00	–	–
Carrier status (reference = non-carrier)	0.44	0.11–1.81	0.254
Patient satisfaction with post-test genetic counselling (model 2)
Type of genetic testing
APC test	18.97	2.46–146.36	0.005
BRCA1/2 tests	32.44	7.07–148.88	<0.001
Thrombophilia tests (reference)	1.00	–	–
Carrier status (reference = non-carrier)	1.03	0.41–2.58	0.948
Patient experience of collaboration between caregivers (model 3)
Type of genetic test
APC test	0.28	0.08–1.08	0.064
BRCA1/2 tests	0.49	0.17–1.37	0.174
Thrombophilia tests (reference)	1.00	–	–
Carrier status (reference = non-carrier)	1.08	0.52–2.26	0.830
Type of health professional referring patient for test
Geneticist	0.43	0.11–1.71	0.232
Specialist	0.22	0.07–0.77	0.017
Primary care physician (reference)	1.00	–	–
Post-test genetic counselling
Yes, by a geneticist	2.20	0.83–5.85	0.113
Yes, by a specialist	0.55	0.19–1.58	0.269
Yes, by both a geneticist and a specialist	8.53	2.75–26.43	<0.001
No (reference)	1.00	–	–
Familiarity (reference = no)	2.39	1.02–5.60	0.045
Self-perceived improvement in life quality (model 4)
Type of genetic test
APC test	2.97	1.14–7.72	0.025
BRCA1/2 tests	1.41	0.74–2.69	0.294
Thrombophilia tests (reference)	1.00	–	–
Carrier status (reference = non-carrier)	0.52	0.28–0.97	0.040
Gender (reference = male)	1.78	0.91–3.47	0.088

^a Exact logistic regression was used because of convergence failure, median unbiased estimate, 95% CI and exact p-value were reported for dummy APC testing [14].