期刊
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
卷 104, 期 4, 页码 732-738出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.12.021
关键词
Pharmacogenomics; Uncertainty; Psychiatry; Genetic testing; Uncertainty Management Theory
资金
- University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [UL1TR001427]
Psychiatric patients show interest in PGx testing despite low familiarity, with a preference for seeking information being a significant predictor of testing interest. This study provides insights into psychiatric patients' perspectives on PGx testing and highlights the importance of including them in future research on the topic.
Objective: Pharmacogenomic testing (PGx) is expanding into psychiatric care. PGx could potentially offer a unique benefit to psychiatric patients, providing information about patients' reaction to medications that could reduce the time and financial burdens of drug optimization. The aims of this study were to: (1) examine psychiatry patients' familiarity and interest in PGx, and (2) explore how Uncertainty Management Theory relates to PGx testing in psychiatry. Method: We surveyed psychiatric patients, measuring their PGx familiarity and interest, attitudes toward PGx testing, and preference for managing illness uncertainty. Results: We analyzed data from 598 patients. Patients' familiarity of PGx was low, but interest was high. Thirty percent of patients were familiar with the test from communication with their healthcare provider or their own online health information seeking. A preference for seeking information was a significant positive predictor of testing interest (p < .001). Conclusion: Psychiatric patients were interested in PGx testing, regardless of their uncertainty management preferences. Practice implications: This study is one of the first to examine psychiatric patients' perspectives on PGx testing in mental health care. Our findings show that psychiatric patients are interested in the test and are familiar enough with PGx to be included in future research on the topic. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据