Open AccessPublic attitudes towards the genetic testing in Georgia
Author(s) -
Eka Kvaratskhelia,
Davit Chokoshvili,
Merab Kvintradze,
Sandro Surmava,
Ketevan Dzagoevi,
Pascal Borry,
Elene Abzianidze
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of community genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.774
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1868-6001
pISSN - 1868-310X
DOI - 10.1007/s12687-021-00522-7
Subject(s) - genetic testing , likert scale , public health , family medicine , medicine , test (biology) , genetic counseling , epidemiology , human genetics , environmental health , gerontology , clinical psychology , demography , psychology , nursing , genetics , pathology , developmental psychology , biology , paleontology , sociology , gene
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.