Knowledge and awareness on personalised medicine amongst medical students: A cross-sectional survey

Altayyari, Sarah T.; Omer, Anoud R; Aljifri, Hassan A; Magadmi, Bashair M; Nemri, Amira A; Basheikh, Mohammed; Sindi, Anees

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“…However, it seems that undergraduate students (83%) are more prone to undergo genetic testing to find out their genetic profile in the future [ 39 ]. Mahmutovic et al [ 17 ] highlighted that 40% of participants were willing to undertake a genetic test in the future, while Sindi et al [ 20 ] showed that 80.5% of students wanted to take a genetic test for themselves [ 17 , 21 ].…”

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“…Most healthcare professionals are significantly worried about the shortage of available resources to apply genetic testing and its various applications, and about the lack of clinical guidelines, while they pounded the alarm about confidentiality and discrimination issues that may occur due to the improper usage and storage of data [ 18 , 19 ]. Furthermore, the level of knowledge, expertise and genetic training of professionals in the field was found to be low or insufficient to support such innovations [ 20 – 22 ]. Despite the low level of knowledge among healthcare professionals, it is noticeable that there is a rather positive attitude towards the adoption of genetic testing and of PGx in particular, in the clinical setting [ 16 , 23 ].…”

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Examining key factors impact on health science students’ intentions to adopt genetic and pharmacogenomics testing: a comparative path analysis in two different healthcare settings

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Background There is an increasing interest worldwide in investigating healthcare stakeholders’ perceptions and intentions to adopt pharmacogenomics (PGx) into clinical practice. However, the existing inquiries based on well-established theories and models that interpret their intentions to implement PGx are scarce. This study is the first that examines the impact of selected factors on health science students’ intention to adopt genetic testing applications using the technology acceptance model while it compares two different cultural groups: Greeks (Europe; Christian) and Malays (Asia; Muslim). Results Malay students were more persuaded about benefits of genomics for drug management compared to their Greek counterparts. However, participants from both countries appear to be particularly convinced about the benefits of genomics on disease management. Moreover, students from both countries considered the potential misuse of genetic information by corporate or government bodies as their most important concern; Greek students appeared to be considerably less worried than Malay about other probable hazards such as the deficient protection of privacy and confidentiality, which could be attributed to their religious background. Participants from both samples expressed very positive attitudes towards genetic research and testing and their favourable intentions to adopt genetic testing for personal use. Exploratory factors analysis and path analysis yielded quite similar results for both samples. Path analysis revealed that the factors of attitudes, concerns, drug management benefits and disease management benefits significantly influenced students’ intentions to adopt genetic testing for personal use, with attitudes being the most inspirational factor with rather high impact, while training did not seem to affect participant’s intentions. The squared multiple correlation of both models was quite satisfactory reaching to 0.55 for the Malaysian sample. Conclusion Similarities in the results of the two groups along with the relevant validity and reliability tests indicate that the proposed model is a good fit for future studies to interpret stakeholders’ intentions to adopt genetic testing. Therefore, it can provide a promising and reliable basis for future model development to explain the relationships between intentions to adopt genetic testing and its predictors.

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Examining key factors impact on health science students’ intentions to adopt genetic and pharmacogenomics testing: a comparative path analysis in two different healthcare settings

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Personalized medicine has been described as an evolving method incorporating genetic, clinical, and environmental data [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. It aims to deliver optimal healthcare based on patient's requirement [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].

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Assessing Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes Towards Personalised, Genomic, and Pharmacogenomics Medicine in Health Students at Umm Al-Qura University: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Background: personalised medicine is a medical concept that intends to provide individuals with individualized approach preventative and treatment techniques. It is substantially relies on genetic and clinical examination; this aspect of medicine has significantly progressed over the last few decades. Aims: our study surveyed health students from different health-related colleges in the Makkah region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We compared student knowledge, awareness and attitudes toward personalised, genomic, and pharmacogenomic medicine to address a knowledge gap in the literature. Methodology: an online survey-based study was carried out on health students in different health colleges at Umm Al-Qura University between March 2021 and September 2021. Results: the number of participants in the current study was 370. Their mean age was 21.05± 1.72 years. Altogether, 68.1% of the participants were male, and 31.9% were female. The majority were second-year students, while intern students were the least represented. The College of Medicine had the largest representation of students. The majority of the students were single. Moreover, there was a correlation found between participants’ level of awareness and their gender and college (p, value 0.003, 0.050, respectively). Furthermore, a significant correlation was found regarding students’ interest in undertaking a genetic test (p-value, 0.045). Conclusion: according to the findings of the current study, health care professionals have limited awareness about personalised, genomic, and pharmacogenomics medicine. Furthermore, participants’ gender, and college were found to have a significant correlation with their level of awareness, compared with the other demographic categories.

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“…These results are similar to those previously reported in the Saudi population. 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 The findings from this study also indicated that a high number of participants agreed with the idea of a compulsory premarital screening test before marriage and were in favor of laws prohibiting marriages in the event of positive results. However, a small percentage of participants had insufficient attitude toward PMS, yet this small percentage is negligible with respect to that reported in a study by Alhamdan et al.…”

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Comprehension of premarital screening and genetic disorders among the population of Riyadh

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Saleh

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Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

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Knowledge and awareness on personalised medicine amongst medical students: A cross-sectional survey

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Examining key factors impact on health science students’ intentions to adopt genetic and pharmacogenomics testing: a comparative path analysis in two different healthcare settings

Examining key factors impact on health science students’ intentions to adopt genetic and pharmacogenomics testing: a comparative path analysis in two different healthcare settings

Assessing Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes Towards Personalised, Genomic, and Pharmacogenomics Medicine in Health Students at Umm Al-Qura University: A Cross-Sectional Study

Comprehension of premarital screening and genetic disorders among the population of Riyadh

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