Table 3.
Factor loadings based on a principal components analysis with oblimin rotation for 18 items regarding rWGS attitudes.
| Item | Factor 1: Personal Capability |
Factor 2: Potential/ Intention |
Factor 3: Implementation |
|---|---|---|---|
| I am confident about interpreting rWGS test reports | 0.935 | −0.154 | −0.0602 |
| I am confident about integrating rWGS test results in the care of patients and their families | 0.768 | 0.125 | −0.075 |
| I am confident in how to access resources to help me if I have questions or concerns about rWGS results | 0.72 | 0.129 | −0.00583 |
| I can find reliable sources of the information about rWGS when I need it | 0.611 | −0.092 | 0.27 |
| Using rWGS fits within the processes that I already use to care for my patients and their families | 0.452 | 0.147 | 0.211 |
| My training has prepared me to care for patients and their families at high risk for medical conditions that have a genetic basis | 0.428 | 0.212 | 0.0334 |
| The information generated by rWGS is important for patient care | −0.243 | 0.806 | 0.178 |
| I believe that rWGS is relevant to my current practice | 0.141 | 0.748 | −0.0343 |
| Within the next five years, precision medicine based on rWGS will improve clinical outcomes for infants and children | −0.0144 | 0.739 | 0.032 |
| I would support rWGS testing for appropriate patients if it was widely available in my clinical practice | −0.0109 | 0.684 | −0.00894 |
| rWGS will improve my ability to care for patients and their families | 0.189 | 0.676 | −0.0253 |
| Parents of my patients will be interested in having rWGS for their child | 0.291 | 0.506 | −0.136 |
| The implementation leaders/team have the necessary qualities and skills to successfully incorporate rWGS into my unit/ hospital’s clinical practice | −0.188 | 0.231 | 0.763 |
| Leaders have openly endorsed and supported rWGS in visible ways | 0.0379 | 0.00119 | 0.75 |
| A variety of strategies are being used to enable staff to use rWGS to care for patients in my unit/hospital | 0.277 | −0.132 | 0.611 |
| A clearly designated person or team is leading the effort to incorporate rWGS into my unit/hospital’s clinical practice | −0.213 | 0.336 | 0.585 |
| Staff have enough time to facilitate the integration of rWGS into clinical practice | 0.204 | −0.118 | 0.584 |
| Clear goals have been established for integrating rWGS into clinical practice | 0.399 | −0.117 | 0.527 |
Bold indicates items retained for each factor in the three-factor solution.