TABLE 6.
Clinically significant decisional conflict and influencers in adolescents
| DC score < 25 n = 110 (68%) |
DC score ≥25 n = 52 (38%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 can use the genetic test results to improve my health. | 106 (96.4%) | 48 (92.3%) | .27 |
| Taking part in research helps others. | 100 (90.1%) | 49 (94.2%) | .38 |
| 1 want to learn as much as I can about my health. | 102 (91.9%) | 46 (88.5%) | .48 |
| 1 am confident that I can deal with the genetic test results. | 102 (91.9%) | 37 (71.2%) | .0005 |
| This test is a unique opportunity. | 92 (82.9%) | 42 (82.4%) | .93 |
| This test is free. | 69 (62.2%) | 26 (50.0%) | .14 |
| 1 will feel relief if I get a negative test result. | 60 (54.1%) | 34 (66.7%) | .13 |
| 1 might worry if I get a positive genetic test result. | 44 (39.6%) | 25 (48.1%) | .31 |
| 1 only want results if there is something I can do to prevent the onset of a disease. | 24 (21.6%) | 21 (42.0%) | .0077 |
| 1 do not want to know health information if there is nothing I can do about it. | 21 (18.9%) | 17 (33.3%) | .044 |
| 1 prefer not to know certain things about my health. | 18 (16.4%) | 14 (26.9%) | .12 |
| My genetic test results might not be kept private. | 25 (22.5%) | 7 (13.5%) | .17 |
| A positive genetic test result might cause others to treat me differently. | 15 (13.5%) | 9 (17.3%) | .52 |
| 1 do not want my health insurance company to know my genetic test results. | 13 (11.7%) | 10 (19.2%) | .2 |
| 1 do not want the genetic test results in my medical record. | 11 (9.9%) | 8 (15.4%) | .31 |