Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Genomic Counseling for Patients Receiving Personalized and Actionable Complex Disease Reports
Sweet, Kevin; Sturm, Amy C.; Schmidlen, Tara; McElroy, Joseph; Scheinfeldt, Laura; Manickam, Kandamurugu; Gordon, Erynn S.; Hovick, Shelly; Scott Roberts, J.; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Christman, Michael
2017-10
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Sweet, Kevin; Sturm, Amy C.; Schmidlen, Tara; McElroy, Joseph; Scheinfeldt, Laura; Manickam, Kandamurugu; Gordon, Erynn S.; Hovick, Shelly; Scott Roberts, J.; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Christman, Michael (2017). "Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Genomic Counseling for Patients Receiving Personalized and Actionable Complex Disease Reports." Journal of Genetic Counseling 26(5): 980-998.
Abstract
There has been very limited study of patients with chronic disease receiving potentially actionable genomic based results or the utilization of genetic counselors in the online result delivery process. We conducted a randomized controlled trial on 199 patients with chronic disease each receiving eight personalized and actionable complex disease reports online. Primary study aims were to assess the impact of in‐person genomic counseling on 1) causal attribution of disease risk, 2) personal awareness of disease risk, and 3) perceived risk of developing a particular disease. Of 98 intervention arm participants (mean age = 57.8; 39% female) randomized for in‐person genomic counseling, 76 (78%) were seen. In contrast, control arm participants (n = 101; mean age = 58.5; 54% female) were initially not offered genomic counseling as part of the study protocol but were able to access in‐person genomic counseling, if they requested it, 3‐months post viewing of at least one test report and post‐completion of the study‐specific follow‐up survey. A total of 64 intervention arm and 59 control arm participants completed follow‐up survey measures. We found that participants receiving in‐person genomic counseling had enhanced objective understanding of the genetic variant risk contribution for multiple complex diseases. Genomic counseling was associated with lowered participant causal beliefs in genetic influence across all eight diseases, compared to control participants. Our findings also illustrate that for the majority of diseases under study, intervention arm participants believed they knew their genetic risk status better than control arm subjects. Disease risk was modified for the majority during genomic counseling, due to the assessment of more comprehensive family history. In conclusion, for patients receiving personalized and actionable genomic results through a web portal, genomic counseling enhanced their objective understanding of the genetic variant risk contribution to multiple common diseases. These results support the development of additional genomic counseling interventions to ensure a high level of patient comprehension and improve patient‐centered health outcomes.Publisher
Springer US Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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1059-7700 1573-3599
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