基因测试和中国广东大学生:对知识和态度的横截面研究
Jiaming Wang1,2, Ruoru Lin1,3, Sijing Luo1,4
1Undergraduate Research Training Program (UGRTP), Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, People's Republic of China.
Preventive medicine reports
|June 30, 2025
概括
中国大学生对基因检测表现出积极的态度,但具有有限的功能性遗传素养. 建议进行进一步的教育和监管,以确保明智作出决策,并减轻与遗传测试相关的风险.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
背景情况:
- 功能性健康素养对于在基因检测方面做出明智决策至关重要.
- 了解年轻人对基因测试的态度对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
- 潜在的风险和道德考虑需要对中国学生群体的遗传素养进行评估.
研究的目的:
- 调查中国大学生之间的功能健康素养和对基因测试的态度.
- 确定学生是否能够做出明智的决定,并避免与遗传检测相关的潜在风险.
- 确定影响遗传素养和对遗传检测的态度的因素.
主要方法:
- 在广东省,对1543名大学生进行了横截面的匿名在线调查.
- 收集了有关人口统计,健康意识,宗教信仰,人格特征和对财务状况的看法的数据.
- 使用统计分析,包括多重线性回归和后勤回归,以确定预测因素.
主要成果:
- 中位数的功能性遗传素养得分是17分之10的.
- 91.4%的学生对基因测试有积极的态度,他们更喜欢预测性和婚前/孕前测试.
- 高遗传素养的预测因素包括女性性别,医学专业,对健康的尊重,较低的宗教信仰和较低的财务状况.
- 积极的态度与自尊,较低的财务状况和非医疗保健的家长职业有关.
结论:
- 广东大学生普遍对基因测试持好看法,特别是用于预测和婚前目的.
- 有限的功能遗传测试素养可能会阻碍这些学生的知情决策.
- 强化公众教育,促进遗传咨询,加强监管监督是中国遗传检测行业的建议.
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