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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Outlook. 2017 Nov 13;66(3):244–253. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2017.10.010

Table 3.

Attitudes about genomic integration

Attitudes Control Intervention Pvalue
Follow-up Follow-up
Advantages
Better treatment decisions 65.3% (220/337) 68.7% (5366/7813) p=0.106
Improved services to patients 60.5% (204–337) 66.9% (5227/7813) p=0.010
Disadvantages
Increase patient anxiety about risk 40.9% (138/337) 40.6% (3172/7813) p=0.470
Would increase insurance discrimination 40.9% (138/337) 39.4% (3078/7813) p=0.303
Greater burden of responsibility on nurses 28.8% (97/337) 26.5% (2073/7813) p=0.196
Need to educate nurses on genetics 46.0% (155/337) 46.0% (3595/7813) p=0.520