在巴西的用户中,直接向消费者进行基因测试的动机,感知和影响
Larissa Siqueira Penna1, Raphael Bruno Amemiya1, Thiago Pires2
1Genera/Dasa Genômica, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Journal of community genetics
|November 27, 2024
概括
巴西的直接向消费者进行基因测试 (DTC-GT) 显示,消费者寻求疾病倾向和祖先信息. 大多数参与者在接受DTC-GT结果后报告了积极的生活方式变化和最小的心理痛苦.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 消费者健康 消费者健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 直接向消费者进行基因测试 (DTC-GT) 在全球越来越受欢迎.
- 在北美和欧洲以外,对DTC-GT消费者资料的研究有限.
- 了解不同的消费者体验对于道德和有效的DTC-GT服务至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查巴西DTC-GT消费者的社会人口统计特征.
- 确定在巴西使用DTC-GT服务的主要动机.
- 评估DTC-GT结果对巴西消费者的心理和行为影响.
主要方法:
- 一项匿名在线调查分发给1513名巴西DTC-GT消费者.
- 描述性统计和奇方位测试用于数据分析.
- 对于重大发现,使用了后期和对应分析.
主要成果:
- 研究样本包括1513名巴西DTC-GT消费者 (平均年龄42岁,60.8%为女性).
- 关键的动机包括寻求对疾病的遗传倾向 (87.2%) 和生物地理祖先 (86.2%).
- 64.0%的人报告生活方式变化,如饮食调整 (38.7%) 和增加体力活动 (16.5%),具有有限的负面心理影响.
结论:
- 巴西DTC-GT消费者主要受到健康和祖先信息的激励.
- 巴西的DTC-GT吸收与积极的生活方式改变有关.
- 消费者通常对解释结果表现出信心,观察到的心理负面影响很小.
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