Cargando…
Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar
Genomics has the potential to revolutionize medical approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, but it does not come without challenges. The success of a national population-based genome program, like the Qatar Genome Program (QGP), depends on the willingness of citizens to donate sa...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Springer Singapore
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32724056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s10038-020-0806-y |
_version_ | 1783604301065617408 |
---|---|
author | Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. Ismail, Said I. Hassan, Amel Fadl, Tasnim Khaled, Salma M. Shockley, Bethany Nasrallah, Catherine Qutteina, Yara Elmaghraby, Engi Yasin, Heba Darwish, Dima Fakhro, Khalid A. Badji, Radja Al-Muftah, Wadha Afifi, Nahla Althani, Asmaa |
author_facet | Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. Ismail, Said I. Hassan, Amel Fadl, Tasnim Khaled, Salma M. Shockley, Bethany Nasrallah, Catherine Qutteina, Yara Elmaghraby, Engi Yasin, Heba Darwish, Dima Fakhro, Khalid A. Badji, Radja Al-Muftah, Wadha Afifi, Nahla Althani, Asmaa |
author_sort | Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Genomics has the potential to revolutionize medical approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, but it does not come without challenges. The success of a national population-based genome program, like the Qatar Genome Program (QGP), depends on the willingness of citizens to donate samples and take up genomic testing services. This study explores public attitudes of the Qatari population toward genetic testing and toward participating in the QGP. A representative sample of 837 adult Qataris was surveyed in May 2016. Approximately 71% of respondents surveyed reported that they were willing to participate in the activities of the QGP. Willingness to participate was significantly associated with basic literacy in genetics, a family history of genetic diseases, and previous experience with genetic testing through premarital screening. Respondents cited the desire to know more about their health status as the principle motivation for participating, while lack of time and information were reported as the most important barriers. With QGP plans to ramp up the scale of its national operation toward more integration into clinical care settings, it is critical to understand public attitudes and their determinants. The results demonstrate public support but also identify the need for more education and individual counseling that not only provide information on the process, challenges, and benefits of genomic testing, but that also address concerns about information security. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7605429 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | Springer Singapore |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-76054292020-11-12 Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. Ismail, Said I. Hassan, Amel Fadl, Tasnim Khaled, Salma M. Shockley, Bethany Nasrallah, Catherine Qutteina, Yara Elmaghraby, Engi Yasin, Heba Darwish, Dima Fakhro, Khalid A. Badji, Radja Al-Muftah, Wadha Afifi, Nahla Althani, Asmaa J Hum Genet Article Genomics has the potential to revolutionize medical approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, but it does not come without challenges. The success of a national population-based genome program, like the Qatar Genome Program (QGP), depends on the willingness of citizens to donate samples and take up genomic testing services. This study explores public attitudes of the Qatari population toward genetic testing and toward participating in the QGP. A representative sample of 837 adult Qataris was surveyed in May 2016. Approximately 71% of respondents surveyed reported that they were willing to participate in the activities of the QGP. Willingness to participate was significantly associated with basic literacy in genetics, a family history of genetic diseases, and previous experience with genetic testing through premarital screening. Respondents cited the desire to know more about their health status as the principle motivation for participating, while lack of time and information were reported as the most important barriers. With QGP plans to ramp up the scale of its national operation toward more integration into clinical care settings, it is critical to understand public attitudes and their determinants. The results demonstrate public support but also identify the need for more education and individual counseling that not only provide information on the process, challenges, and benefits of genomic testing, but that also address concerns about information security. Springer Singapore 2020-07-28 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7605429/ /pubmed/32724056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s10038-020-0806-y Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. Ismail, Said I. Hassan, Amel Fadl, Tasnim Khaled, Salma M. Shockley, Bethany Nasrallah, Catherine Qutteina, Yara Elmaghraby, Engi Yasin, Heba Darwish, Dima Fakhro, Khalid A. Badji, Radja Al-Muftah, Wadha Afifi, Nahla Althani, Asmaa Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar |
title | Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar |
title_full | Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar |
title_fullStr | Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar |
title_full_unstemmed | Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar |
title_short | Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar |
title_sort | willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from qatar |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32724056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s10038-020-0806-y |
work_keys_str_mv | AT abdulrahimhananf willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT ismailsaidi willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT hassanamel willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT fadltasnim willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT khaledsalmam willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT shockleybethany willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT nasrallahcatherine willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT qutteinayara willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT elmaghrabyengi willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT yasinheba willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT darwishdima willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT fakhrokhalida willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT badjiradja willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT almuftahwadha willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT afifinahla willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar AT althaniasmaa willingnesstoparticipateingenometestingasurveyofpublicattitudesfromqatar |