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The role of experiential knowledge within attitudes towards genetic carrier screening : a comparison of people with and without experience of spinal muscular atrophy

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Boardman, Felicity K., Young, P., Warren, O. and Griffiths, Frances (2018) The role of experiential knowledge within attitudes towards genetic carrier screening : a comparison of people with and without experience of spinal muscular atrophy. Health Expectations, 21 (1). pp. 201-211. ISSN 1369-6513.

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Abstract

Purpose: Autosomal recessive conditions, whilst individually rare, are a significant health burden with limited treatment options. Population carrier screening has been suggested as a means of tackling them. Little is known, however, about the attitudes of the general public towards such carrier screening and still less about the views of people living with candidate genetic diseases. Here, we focus on the role that such experience has on screening attitudes by comparing the views of people with and without prior experience of the monogenetic disorder, Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Methods: An exploratory sequential mixed methods design was adopted. In-depth qualitative interviews were used to develop two surveys. The surveys addressed attitudes towards carrier screening (pre-conceptual and prenatal) for SMA.
Participants: 337 participants with SMA experience completed the SMA Screening Survey (UK) and 336 participants with no prior experience of SMA completed the UK GenPop Survey, an amended version of the SMA Screening Survey (UK).
Results: The majority of both cohorts were in favour of pre-conception and prenatal carrier screening, however people with experience of type II SMA were least likely to support either. Key differences emerged around perceptions of SMA, with those without SMA experience taking a dimmer than those with.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH)
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Medical screening, Spinal muscular atrophy -- Patients -- Attitudes
Journal or Publication Title: Health Expectations
Publisher: Blackwell
ISSN: 1369-6513
Official Date: February 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
February 2018Published
13 July 2017Available
16 June 2017Accepted
Volume: 21
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 201-211
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 20 June 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 22 January 2018
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ES/K002090/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266

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