Survey on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Training Needs of Italian Residents on Genetic Tests for Hereditary Breast and Colorectal Cancer
Table 1
The demographic and professional characteristics of responding residents ().
Variables
%
Gender
Male
141
38.8%
Female
222
61.2%
Age (years)
<28
78
21.5%
28-29
151
41.6%
30-31
84
23.1%
≥32
50
13.8%
Professional areai
Medicine
147
40.4%
Surgery
47
12.9%
Others
170
46.7%
Clinical activity
No
131
36.9%
Yes
224
63.1%
Exposure to cancer genetic testing during graduate training
No
95
26.7%
Yes
261
73.3%
Postgraduate training courses in epidemiology and EBM
No
292
83.0%
Yes
60
17.1%
English language knowledge
Very low
9
2.5%
Low
38
10.6%
Intermediate
130
36.3%
Good
153
42.7%
Excellent
28
7.8%
Hours per week dedicated to continuing medical education
<1
48
13.5%
1–5
212
59.4%
6–10
73
20.5%
>10
24
6.7%
Patient request of cancer genetic tests in the previous year*
No
162
74.0%
Yes
57
26.0%
Personal or family history of breast cancer
No
292
81.8%
Yes
65
18.2%
Personal or family history of colorectal cancer
No
285
80.1%
Yes
71
19.9%
Promotional material about breast cancer received in the previous year
No
311
86.9%
Yes
47
13.1%
Promotional material about colorectal cancer received in the previous year
No
325
91.0%
Yes
32
9.0%
EBM: evidence based medicine.
iList of specializations according to each area is available in Supplementary Material S1 available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/418416.
*The number of responders was 219 as only physicians with clinical activity were included.
