Beliefs and willingness towards participating in genetic testing for depression in low-income and racial/ethnic minority mothers at-risk.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
; 41: 153-165, 2022 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36428043
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To identify mothers' salient normative, behavioral and control beliefs and willingness towards participating in genetic salivary testing for depression.DESIGN:
A qualitative, descriptive design was employed. 41 multi-ethnic mothers completed surveys that underwent directed content analysis according to The Theory of Planned Behavior. Percentages and frequency counts were used to categorize responses and calculate willingness.FINDINGS:
Salient beliefs included Behavioral Finding a cure/treatment for depression (29.3 %), Normative Family would approve (46.3 %), and Church associates would disapprove (19.5 %). CONTROL Lacking information/explanations (34.1 %) as barriers, convenient locations (24.4 %) as facilitators. Most mothers indicated a willingness to participate (90.2 %).CONCLUSIONS:
Interventions should target families, emphasize benefits, explain purposes and procedures, and use community based participatory methods.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ethnicity
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Mothers
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2022
Type:
Article