Patient beliefs and behaviors about genomic risk for type 2 diabetes: Implications for prevention
| dc.contributor.author | Gallagher, Patrick | |
| dc.contributor.author | King, Heather A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Haga, Susanne B | |
| dc.contributor.author | Orlando, Lori A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Joy, Scott V | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trujillo, Gloria M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Scott, William Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bembe, Marylou | |
| dc.contributor.author | Creighton, Dana L | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cho, Alex H | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ginsburg, Geoffrey S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vorderstrasse, Allison | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-11T15:27:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-01-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2015.Type 2 diabetes is a major health burden in the United States, and population trends suggest this burden will increase. High interest in, and increased availability of, testing for genetic risk of type 2 diabetes presents a new opportunity for reducing type 2 diabetes risk for many patients; however, to date, there is little evidence that genetic testing positively affects type 2 diabetes prevention. Genetic information may not fit patients illness representations, which may reduce the chances of risk-reducing behavior changes. The present study aimed to examine illness representations in a clinical sample who are at risk for type 2 diabetes and interested in genetic testing. The authors used the Common Sense Model to analyze survey responses of 409 patients with type 2 diabetes risk factors. Patients were interested in genetic testing for type 2 diabetes risk and believed in its importance. Most patients believed that genetic factors are important to developing type 2 diabetes (67%), that diet and exercise are effective in preventing type 2 diabetes (95%), and that lifestyle changes are more effective than drugs (86%). Belief in genetic causality was not related to poorer self-reported health behaviors. These results suggest that patients interest in genetic testing for type 2 diabetes might produce a teachable moment that clinicians can use to counsel behavior change. | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1087-0415 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1081-0730 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis Inc. | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Health Communication | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018563 | |
| dc.title | Patient beliefs and behaviors about genomic risk for type 2 diabetes: Implications for prevention | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| duke.contributor.orcid | Haga, Susanne B|0000-0001-8817-7406 | |
| duke.contributor.orcid | Orlando, Lori A|0000-0003-2534-7855 | |
| duke.contributor.orcid | Ginsburg, Geoffrey S|0000-0003-4739-9808 | |
| pubs.begin-page | 728 | |
| pubs.end-page | 735 | |
| pubs.issue | 6 | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Biomedical Engineering | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Clinical Science Departments | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Cancer Institute | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Science & Society | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Initiatives | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Centers | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Medicine | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Medicine, Cardiology | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Medicine, General Internal Medicine | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Pathology | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Pratt School of Engineering | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Sanford School of Public Policy | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Sanford School of Public Policy - Secondary Group | |
| pubs.organisational-group | School of Medicine | |
| pubs.organisational-group | School of Nursing | |
| pubs.organisational-group | School of Nursing - Secondary Group | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | |
| pubs.volume | 20 |