Table 2.
Maternal attitudes and concerns toward genetic analysis in JECS
| Response rate (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | Unsure | Disagree | |
| Benefit of genetic analysis | |||
| Genetic analysis on children and parents is beneficial | 74.3 | 21.5 | 4.1 |
| Data sharing | |||
| Anonymous genetic information is better to be shared with other medical studies | 68.3 | 25.6 | 6.1 |
| Not concerned (disagree) | Unsure | Concerned (agree) | |
| Concern about the security of genetic information | |||
| I have a concern about the secure management of genetic information to avoid leakage | 35.9 | 37.7 | 26.4 |
| Concern about the secondary use of genetic information | |||
| I have a concern that genetic information may be provided to other institutions without notice | 33.4 | 35.9 | 30.8 |
| High (agree) | Medium | Low (disagree) | |
| Trust level in research institutions | |||
| The credibility of research institutions is one of my motivation to participation in the study | 61.9 | 33.4 | 4.7 |
| Agree | Unsure | Disagree | |
| Preference for receiving results | |||
| I want to know the results of genetic analysis | 89.3 | 8.7 | 2.0 |