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JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY GENETICS
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 407-414Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-021-00522-7
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The survey results indicate that a majority of the Georgian public is interested in predictive genetic testing, prefers testing for treatable or preventable disorders, testing newborns for late-onset disorders, and preconception carrier screening. Fewer respondents expressed concern about the stigmatization of people with disabilities due to genetic testing.
The aim of this study is to assess attitudes towards genetic testing in Georgian public. We used a Likert-scale written questionnaire. The survey was completed by 480 respondents. A majority of respondents (75.3%) curious about predictive genetic testing and 40.6% of participants preferred to be tested only for disorders that are treatable or preventable. Approximately 65% of the participants would like to test their newborn children for late-onset disorders and undergo preconception carrier screening (73%). In addition, the majority (59%) of our respondents were not worried that genetic testing would further stigmatize people with disabilities. These results indicate that the respondents surveyed in our study may have placed particularly high importance on the availability of genetic testing and greatly valued access to genomic information.
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