Table 3.
Knowledge items, total score and nurses’ responses.
| Total knowledge score |
9.36 ± 1.33 |
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| Items | Correct answers |
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| n | % | |
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| 1. A family history that includes only 1st degree relatives such as parents, siblings, and children should be taken on every new patient. (Disagree) | 107 | 27.9 |
| 2. A family history that includes 2nd and 3rd degree relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins should be taken for every new patient. (Agree) | 240 | 62.3 |
| 3. Family history taking should be a key component of nursing care. (Agree) | 348 | 90.4 |
| 4. There is a role for nurses in counseling patients about genetic risks. (Agree) | 325 | 84.4 |
| 5. Do you think that genetic risk (e.g., as indicated by family history) has clinical relevance for breast cancer. (Somewhat, A great deal) | 380 | 98.7 |
| 6. Do you think that genetic risk (e.g., as indicated by family history) has clinical relevance for colon cancer. (Somewhat, A great deal) | 375 | 96.1 |
| 7. Do you think that genetic risk (e.g., as indicated by family history) has clinical relevance for coronary heart disease. (Somewhat, A great deal) | 371 | 96.3 |
| 8. Do you think that genetic risk (e.g., as indicated by family history) has clinical relevance for diabetes. (Somewhat, A great deal) | 371 | 96.3 |
| 9. Do you think that genetic risk (e.g., as indicated by family history) has clinical relevance for ovarian cancer. (Somewhat, A great deal) | 370 | 96.1 |
| 10. Extent to which family history supports clinical decisions (such as administering drugs prescribed). (Essential) | 332 | 86.2 |
| 11. The DNA of sequences of two randomly selected healthy individuals of the same sex is 90–95% identical. (False) | 126 | 32.7 |
| 12. Most common diseases such as diabetes and heart disease are caused by a single gene variant. (False) | 99 | 25.7 |