title: Patient experiences with pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting.
abstract: To investigate patient experiences with pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing.
  
  
  
  Patients were offered PGx testing through a study on pharmacist-assisted delivery of PGx testing and invited to complete pre- and post-testing surveys about their experience.
  
  
  
  Of 63 patients tested, 17 completed the baseline survey (27%). Interest in testing was mostly impacted by desire to inform selection of best treatment (n = 13). Seven of 12 patients that completed the follow-up survey indicated that their provider discussed the test result with them. Five patients understood their test result very or somewhat well. All would be likely to have PGx testing again.
  
  
  
  Patients perceived PGx testing to be useful, though more effort may be needed to improve patient-provider communication of test results.
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 304 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Susanne B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 304 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 304 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Jivan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moaddeb
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 22708, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Allen Lapointe
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 304 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 304 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Geoffrey S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000071185:Pharmacogenomic Testing; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care