2022年在美国获得基因测试的认识,使用,动机和方法
Sukh Makhnoon1,2, MinJae Lee1, Tanushree Prasad1
1Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Frontiers in genetics
|November 25, 2024
概括
人们对基因测试的认识和使用有所增加,但社会经济差异仍然存在,特别是在直接向消费者 (DTC) 进行基因测试方面. 特定疾病风险测试显示,不同于其他测试类型,在人口统计学中均等使用.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 基因检测 基因检测 基因检测
背景情况:
- 临床和直接向消费者 (DTC) 遗传测试的认识,获取和利用已经增长,但这些服务的差异明显.
- 了解基因测试意识,使用,动机和访问方法的当前趋势对于解决这些差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 提供有关各种遗传测试 (祖先,个人特征,特定疾病,携带者) 的认识和使用的最新数据.
- 调查获取基因测试的动机和方法.
- 检查基因测试意识和使用的社会人口学差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了2022年健康信息国家趋势调查 (HINTS 6) 的全国代表性数据.
- 评估了对祖先,个人特征,特定疾病和载体测试的认识和使用.
- 根据社会人口统计学特征分析了接受测试的原因和获取方法.
主要成果:
- 81.4%的人知道基因测试,40%的人已经接受了测试.
- 基于家族史的祖先/个人特征测试;根据医生的建议和疾病风险的疾病/载体测试.
- 具体的疾病风险测试显示,不同于其他测试类型,在种族,种族,收入和农村/城市群体中均等使用.
结论:
- 遗传测试的普及提高了对特定疾病测试的认识和公平使用.
- 直接向消费者 (DTC) 使用基因测试的社会经济不平等正在恶化.
- 确定了需要支持以获取临床基因组信息和服务的人群.
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