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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2020 Mar 10;29(2):247–258. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1244

Table 2c:

Change in comprehension pre- to post-test for eight genetics-related concepts.

English-speakers (n = 149)
Pre-test
N (%) correct
Post-test
N (%) correct
Mean correct [SD] Mean difference pre- to post-test 95% CI P value
Pre-test Post-test
8-item panel 79 (53.0)* 98 (65.8)* 5.32 [2.04] 5.99 [1.17] 0.66 [1.64] 0.40, 0.93 <0.001
Genetics** 129 (86.6) 134 (89.9) 0.87 [0.34] 0.90 [0.30] 0.03 [0.38] −0.02, 0.09 0.28
Chromosome** 112 (75.2) 104 (69.8) 0.75 [0.43] 0.70 [0.46] −0.05 [0.43] −0.12, 0.02 0.13
Susceptibility** 95 (63.8) 99 (66.4) 0.64 [0.48] 0.66 [0.47] 0.03 [0.52] −0.06, 0.11 0.53
Mutation** 109 (73.2) 124 (83.2) 0.73 [0.44] 0.83 [0.37] 0.10 [0.42] 0.03, 0.17 0.004
Variation** 98 (65.8) 107 (71.8) 0.66 [0.48] 0.72 [0.45] 0.06 [0.54] −0.02, 0.15 0.17
Abnormality** 92 (61.7) 118 (79.2) 0.62 [0.49] 0.79 [0.41] 0.17 [0.45] 0.10, 0.25 <0.001
Heredity ** 115 (77.2) 125 (83.9) 0.77 [0.42] 0.84 [0.37] 0.07 [0.40] 0.003, 0.13 0.04
Sporadic** 43 (28.9) 81 (54.4) 0.29 [0.45] 0.54 [0.50] 0.26 [0.56] 0.16, 0.34 <0.001
*

Overall score = 6/8 correct responses = 75%, range = 0-8;

**

Individual score, range = 0-1.