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Impact of direct-to-consumer predictive genomic testing on risk perception and worry among patients receiving routine care in a preventive health clinic.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Oct 2011
James Katherine M, Cowl Clayton T, Tilburt Jon C, Sinicrope Pamela S, Robinson Marguerite E, Frimannsdottir Katrin R, Tiedje Kristina, Koenig Barbara A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of direct-to-consumer (DTC) predictive genomic risk information on perceived risk and worry in the context of routine clinical care. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients attending a preventive medicine clinic between June 1 and December 18, 2009, were randomly assigned to receive either genomic risk information from a DTC product plus usual care (n=74) or usual care alone (n=76). At...
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