Table 2 Attitudes toward factors associated with disclosure of incidental findings
Strongly agree + agree | Neutral | Strongly disagree + disagree | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of research participant | 75 (66.4) | 31 (27.4) | 7 (6.2) |
Psychosocial impact of the IFs | 79 (69.9) | 26 (23) | 8 (8.1) |
The test is analytically valid | 84 (75.7) | 21 (18.9) | 6 (5.4) |
The study participant wanted to receive the IFs during informed consent | 57 (75.9) | 12 (10.7) | 13 (13.4) |
Severity of the condition | |||
Serious and preventable/treatablea | 97 (85.8) | 9 (8) | 7 (6.2) |
Serious and not preventable/treatablea | 65 (57.5) | 30 (26.5) | 18 (15.9) |
Serious, late-onset and preventable/treatablea | 92 (81.4) | 14 (12.4) | 7 (6.2) |
Not-serious and preventable/treatable | 92 (81.4) | 13 (11.5) | 8 (7.1) |
Not-serious and not preventable/treatable | 54 (48.2) | 39 (34.8) | 19 (17) |
Likelihood of disease threat | |||
The chance < 1% (rare) | 30 (27.3) | 34 (30.9) | 46 (41.8) |
The chance 1–5% (few) | 46 (41) | 31 (27.7) | 35 (31.2) |
The chance 6–49% (some) | 69 (62.7) | 24 (21.8) | 17 (15.5) |
The chance ≥ 50% (most) | 84 (80) | 12 (11.4) | 9 (8.6) |
Burden of intervention | |||
Very low burden | 40 (47.6) | 34 (32.4) | 21 (20) |
Somewhat burdensome | 59 (54.7) | 37 (34.3) | 12 (11.1) |
Moderately burdensome | 74 (69.2) | 25 (23.4) | 8 (7.4) |
Highly burdensome | 81 (75) | 18 (16.7) | 9 (8.3) |