Table 6.
Percent of subjects’ who reported life changes since receipt of test results*†
| Variable | “Distress response” | “Psychologically sensitive” | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case (N = 130) | Control (N = 1907) | p value | Case (N = 431) | Control (N = 1606) | p value | |
| Body image | 4.6 | 8.3 | 0.181 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 0.074 |
| Childbearing decisions | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.577 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.492 |
| Emotions | 11.5 | 3.4 | < 0.0005 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 0.049 |
| The way I think of myself | 22.3 | 14.9 | 0.032 | 18.1 | 14.7 | 0.084 |
| Relationship with partner | 5.4 | 2.6 | 0.086 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.097 |
| Relationship with children | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.486 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.835 |
| Relationship with other relatives | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.301 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.232 |
| Employment | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.077 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.057 |
| Insurance | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.055 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.049 |
| Other | 10.8 | 9.1 | 0.529 | 10 | 9 | 0.512 |
| None | 58.5 | 69 | 0.015 | 61.7 | 79 | 0.001 |
*p values were calculated by means of Fisher’s exact test
†Based on survey question: What changes, if any, have occurred in your life as a result of receiving your genetic test results? Each variable listed was represented as an independent box to check or leave unchecked. Unfortunately due to the limitation of existing survey data, qualitative data elaborating on what specific changes (or direction of changes) occurred is not available