Health Orientation, Knowledge, and Attitudes toward Genetic Testing and Personalized Genomic Services: Preliminary Data from an Italian Sample
Joint Authors
Oliveri, Serena
Masiero, Marianna
Arnaboldi, Paola
Cutica, Ilaria
Fioretti, Chiara
Pravettoni, Gabriella
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
The study aims at assessing personality tendencies and orientations that could be closely correlated with knowledge, awareness, and interest toward undergoing genetic testing.
Methods.
A sample of 145 subjects in Italy completed an online survey, investigating demographic data, health orientation, level of perceived knowledge about genetic risk, genetic screening, and personal attitudes toward direct to consumer genetic testing (DTCGT).
Results.
Results showed that respondents considered genetic assessment to be helpful for disease prevention, but they were concerned that results could affect their life planning with little clinical utility.
Furthermore, a very high percentage of respondents (67%) had never heard about genetic testing directly available to the public.
Data showed that personality tendencies, such as personal health consciousness, health internal control, health esteem, and confidence, motivation to avoid unhealthiness and motivation for healthiness affected the uptake of genetic information and the interest in undergoing genetic testing.
Conclusions.
Public knowledge and attitudes toward genetic risk and genetic testing among European countries, along with individual personality and psychological tendencies that could affect these attitudes, remain unexplored.
The present study constitutes one of the first attempts to investigate how such personality tendencies could motivation to undergo genetic testing and engagement in lifestyle changes.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Oliveri, Serena& Masiero, Marianna& Arnaboldi, Paola& Cutica, Ilaria& Fioretti, Chiara& Pravettoni, Gabriella. 2016. Health Orientation, Knowledge, and Attitudes toward Genetic Testing and Personalized Genomic Services: Preliminary Data from an Italian Sample. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098596
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Oliveri, Serena…[et al.]. Health Orientation, Knowledge, and Attitudes toward Genetic Testing and Personalized Genomic Services: Preliminary Data from an Italian Sample. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098596
American Medical Association (AMA)
Oliveri, Serena& Masiero, Marianna& Arnaboldi, Paola& Cutica, Ilaria& Fioretti, Chiara& Pravettoni, Gabriella. Health Orientation, Knowledge, and Attitudes toward Genetic Testing and Personalized Genomic Services: Preliminary Data from an Italian Sample. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098596
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098596