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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Genet. 2018 Dec 7;95(2):293–301. doi: 10.1111/cge.13474

Table 3–

Patient reported outcomes by willingness to receive results by phone among those who had MGPT

Agreed to
Randomization-
Willing to Receive
Results by Phone
N=231
Self-Selected In-
Person Disclosure of
Results

N=61

Scale Score
Range
Timepoint Score (Standard Error) Score (Standard Error) P value

Knowledge 6–28 Post Pre-Test Counseling 22.48 (0.16) 22.21 (0.36) NSS
Post Disclosure 22.88 (0.20) 21.96 (0.37) 0.043
Change Score +0.40 (0.18) −0.25 (0.35) NSS

MultiGene Knowledge 11–54 Post Pre-Test Counseling 33.52 (0.32) 32.00 (0.57) 0.035
Post Disclosure 30.97 (0.41) 30.02 (0.70) NSS
Change Score −2.55 (0.52) −1.98 (0.85) NSS

General Anxiety 0–21 Post Pre-Test Counseling 6.67 (0.24) 6.64 (0.46) NSS
Post Disclosure 6.22 (0.28) 6.72 (0.55) NSS
Change Score −0.45 (0.21) +0.08 (0.43) NSS

General Depression 0–21 Post Pre-Test Counseling 2.78 (0.20) 3.14 (0.40) NSS
Post Disclosure 2.99 (0.21) 3.50 (.046) NSS
Change Score +0.22 (0.17) +0.35 (0.30) NSS
State Anxiety 20–80 Post Pre-Test Counseling 34.00 (0.85) 35.58 (1.76) NSS
Post Disclosure
Change Score
34.28 (0.86)
+0.28 (0.72)
35.19 (1.78)
−0.39 (1.41)
NSS
NSS

Cancer-specific distress 0–70 Post Pre-Test Counseling 17.48 (0.88) 18.48 (1.76) NSS
Post Disclosure 17.73 (1.06) 18.93 (1.95) NSS
Change Score +0.25 (0.90) +0.45 (1.30) NSS

Uncertainty 0–15 Post Pre-Test Counseling 5.63 (0.27) 6.50 (0.54) NSS
Post Disclosure 6.50 (0.41) 6.47 (0.60) NSS
Change Score +0.87 (0.39) −0.03 (0.62) NSS

Satisfaction 9–45 Post Pre-Test Counseling 39.20 (0.28) 38.96 (0.49) NSS
Post Disclosure 39.56 (0.43) 39.28 (0.66) NSS
Change Score 0.35 (0.44) +0.32 (0.61) NSS

Planning Screening Mammogram 1–7 Post Pre-Test Counseling 6.06 (0.13) 6.00 (0.20) NSS
Post Disclosure 5.95 (0.14) 6.00 (0.21) NSS
Change Score −0.11 (0.16) 0.00 (0.20) NSS

Planning Screening Breast MRI 1–7 Post Pre-Test Counseling 4.15 (0.21) 3.56 (0.28) NSS
Post Disclosure 4.03 (0.20) 3.74 (0.33) NSS
Change Score −0.12 (0.25) +0.19 (0.33) NSS

Planning Prophylactic Mastectomy 1–7 Post Pre-Test Counseling 3.05 (0.17) 2.90 (0.25) NSS
Post Disclosure 2.93 (0.20) 2.92 (0.32) NSS
Change Score −0.12 (0.23) +0.02 (0.36) NSS

Planning Prophylactic Oophorectomy 1–7 Post Pre-Test Counseling 3.57 (0.17) 3.88 (0.30) NSS
Post Disclosure 3.24 (0.26) 3.29 (0.37) NSS
Change Score −0.33 (0.30) −0.59 (0.45) NSS

Planning Colonoscopy 1–7 Post Pre-Test Counseling 3.47 (0.17) 3.88 (0.30) NSS
Post Disclosure 3.68 (0.17) 3.96 (0.31) NSS
Change Score 0.21 (0.19) +0.38 (0.33) NSS

NSS = Not Statistically Significant - P =>0.05

All p values included adjustment for baseline difference in age between non-randomized groups

Assuming a 20% False Discovery, no findings in table 3 would be statistically significant.

Only asked in subset of patients when applicable