Journal article
An exploration of genetic health professionals' experience with direct-to-consumer genetic testing in their clinical practice
GR Brett, SA Metcalfe, DJ Amor, JL Halliday
European Journal of Human Genetics | Published : 2012
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.13
Abstract
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) allows individuals to obtain genetic tests directly from companies without necessarily involving health professionals. This study explores genetic health professionals' opinions of health-related DTC-GT and the reported frequency of individuals presenting to clinical genetics services after undertaking testing. Genetic counsellors and clinical geneticists, members of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia, completed an online survey in mid 2011. The 130 genetic counsellors (estimated response fraction=43%) and 38 clinical geneticists (estimated response fraction=46%) had mixed opinions regarding DTC-GT, with only 7% confident in accurately inter..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was completed in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Genetic Counselling, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and was supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. JH is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship (436904). We would like to thank the HGSA and ASGC for facilitating recruitment and the genetic health professionals who kindly completed the survey.