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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2019 Aug 24;103(1):127–135. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.018

Table 1.

Characteristics of baseline survey respondents stratified by intervention group. N=167 (81% of those who initally consented to participate)

Total No Video Video p-value
N % Freq % Freq %
TOTAL 167 86 81

Patient and Visit Demographics

Male 102 61% 52 60% 50 62% 0.87
Ageb 8.4 6.7 8.7 7.1 8.0 6.3 0.46
Indication 0.57
 Developmental Delay/ Intellectual Disability 46 28% 23 27% 23 28%
 Birth Defects/ Dysmorphic 30 18% 12 14% 18 22%
 Seizures 14 8% 6 7% 8 10%
 Autism 41 25% 25 29% 16 20%
 Dermatology 8 5% 4 5% 4 5%
 Otherc 28 17% 16 19% 12 15%
Initial visit 110 66% 59 69% 51 63% 0.47
Follow up visit 57 34% 27 31% 30 37%
Counselor
 1 19 11% 8 9% 11 14%
 2 7 4% 3 3% 4 5%
 3 4 2% 2 2% 2 2%
 4 16 10% 10 12% 6 7%
 5 6 4% 3 3% 3 4%
 6 10 6% 5 6% 5 6%
 7 20 12% 10 12% 10 12%
 8 38 23% 24 28% 14 17%
 9 19 11% 9 10% 10 12%
 10 10 6% 4 5% 6 7%
 11 8 5% 3 3% 5 6%
 12 6 4% 3 3% 3 4%
 13 4 2% 2 2% 2 2%
GC < 5yr 99 59% 54 63% 45 56% 0.34
GC > 5yr 68 41% 32 37% 36 44%
Physician 0.75
 1 60 36% 31 36% 29 36%
 2 14 8% 6 7% 8 10%
 3 4 2% 2 2% 2 2%
 4 17 10% 11 13% 6 7%
 5 72 43% 36 42% 36 44%
CES Complete 157 94% 79 92% 78 96% 0.22
CES Result (n=157)
 Pathogenic (P) or Likely Pathogenic (LP) variant 43 27% 21 26% 22 28% 0.92
 Variant of Uncertain Signficance (VUS) 25 16% 12 15% 13 17%
 No P/LP variant or VUS 89 57% 46 57% 43 55%
GC survey completion (days) b 5.7 7.0 5.1 5.3 6.3 8.3 0.31
Male 34 20% 16 19% 18 22% 0.56
Female 132 79% 70 81% 62 77%
Race 0.50
 White, Non-Hispanic 92 55% 49 57% 43 53%
 All other races 73 44% 35 41% 38 47%
 NR 2 1% 2 2% 0 0%
Education 0.71
 < College 49 29% 24 28% 25 31%
 ≥ College 117 70% 61 71% 56 69%
NR 1 1% 1 1% 0 0%
Age (n=142)b 40.5 8.5 40.8 8.9 40.3 8.2 0.73
Employment 0.50
 Employed 107 64% 53 62% 54 67%
 Unemployed, homemaker, retired, disabled 60 36% 33 38% 27 33%
 NR 0 0% 0 0%
Not Married 40 24% 24 28% 16 20% 0.20
Married 126 75% 61 71% 65 80%
NR 1 1% 1 1% 0 0%
Depression, PHQ-9 21 13% 11 13% 10 12% 0.96
NM 3 2% 1 1% 2 2%
Anxiety, GAD-7 20 12% 14 16% 6 7% 0.07
NM 5 3% 3 3% 2 2%
Time from appointment to survey (days) b 22.8 34.0 20.6 37.2 25.2 30.5 0.38
Time from results disclosure to FU survey (days) b 68.0 49.2 70.6 30.4 65.5 34.0 0.56

Abbreviations: not reported (NR), not measured (NM), follow up (FU), personal health questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9), generalized anxiety disorder 7-item (GAD-7)

a

p-value calculated by chi square or Fisher exact analysis for categorical variables and two sample t-test for continuous variables

b

mean and standard deviation

c

hearing loss, ophthalmological, myopathy, skeletal dysplasia, connective tissue disorder, metabolic