Table 2 Members of the family with whom counselees more frequently shared their genetic counselling experience or genetic information.
If yes, who accompanied you at the genetic counselling | Whom did you talk to about the genetic counselling | If the test was positive, whom did you communicate the result to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Family members (blood and non-blood relatives) | n | % | n | % | n | %a |
Non-blood relatives | ||||||
Husband/partner(n = 185) | 68 | 36% | 54 | 29% | 8 | 27% |
Blood relatives | ||||||
Mother/father (n = 126) | 17 | 13% | 28 | 22% | 9 | 31% |
Daughter/son (n = 146) | 34 | 23% | 33 | 22% | 13 | 49% |
Sister/brother (n = 172) | 30 | 17% | 42 | 24% | 9 | 31% |
