Barriers and Facilitators for Utilization of Genetic Counseling and Risk Assessment Services in Young Female Breast Cancer Survivors

Table 5

Reasons for not having genetic counseling and risk assessment*.

	𝑛=158 (54.7%)
No one ever recommended it	92 (58.2%)
Medical insurance coverage issues	37 (23.4%)
Did not know they existed	17 (10.8%)
Worried a genetic test could be used against me	15 (9.5%)
Too nervous	6 (3.8%)
A doctor told me not to go	5 (3.2%)
Lack of transportation	4 (2.5%)
Other life arise that are more important	4 (2.5%)
Too busy	3 (1.9%)
Disability makes it difficult to carry out daily activities	2 (1.3%)
Family members wouldn’t want me to go	2 (1.3%)

* Among the 158 respondents who answered the question “please tell us why you have not had cancer genetics services?”.
The average number of barriers reported among these women was 1.2.