Table 6. Summary of experiences of participants, patients and public with receiving results.

Experiences of receiving IRR	Participants	Patients	Publics
Moderate to high satisfaction	[8, 87, 174, 184]
Relief	[9, 79, 87, 153, 175, 176, 185, 186]
Gratitude	[153, 176]
Increased knowledge		[43]
Decreased anxiety		[43]
High rates of wellbeing	[8]
Positive emotions	[187]
Low levels of uncertainty	[188]	[189]
Low levels of negative emotions	[159, 188]
Low levels of concern	[190, 191]
No or low levels of distress	[83, 87, 188, 192]	[189]
No impact on anxiety or depression	[31, 180, 193]
No impact of self-rated health	[176]
No adverse impact on quality of life	[175, 176]
No psychological harm	[83]		[194]
Low perceived harm	[181]
No adverse impact on wellbeing	[193]
No adverse effects on emotions	[176]
No or little regret	[79, 87, 155, 174, 177–181, 188]	[189]
Lower regret if chose to receive IRR	[155, 182]
No fatalistic reactions	[195]
Some distress or worry	[80, 176, 180, 186, 196, 197]
Some anxiety and depression	[175, 179, 198–201]
Lower positive feelings	[176]
Disappointment	[175]
Concern	[83, 175, 199]
Guilt	[180, 202]
Indifference	[175]
Uncertainty and confusion	[175, 176, 180, 182, 203]
Increased perception of risk	[80, 83]	[204]
Desire for more results	[174, 175]