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. 2019 Mar 28;14(3):e0213860. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213860

Table 4. Changes in perception of physicians of the expected contribution of genetic component for each domain of cancer, rare disease, prenatal screening, disease risk prediction and PGx at pre-test and post-test questionnaire.

Clinical Fields Pre-test questionnaire Score Post-test questionnaire Score Diff (Post-test questionnaire—Pre-test questionnaire) p value*
mean (SD) mean (SD) n mean (SD)
Cancer target therapy 4.35 (0.78) 4.57. (0.67) 69 0.26 (0.83) 0.01
Rare disease diagnosis 4.43 (0.83) 4.66. (0.63) 70 0.23 (0.92) 0.0287
Prenatal screening 4.16 (0.96) 4.34 (0.8) 69 0.22 (0.95) 0.0852
Chronic disease risk prediction 3.61 (1.04) 3.79 (1.03) 70 0.17 (1.04) 0.1583
PGx 4.1 (0.94) 4.33 (0.81) 69 0.26 (0.83) 0.0104

* Wilcoxon rank sum test