Pavlidis, Cristiana, Karamitri, Angeliki, Barakou, Aglaia, Cooper, David Neil  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-8484, Poulas, Konstantinos, Topouzis, Stavros and Patrinos, George P.
2012.
Ascertainment and critical assessment of the views of the general public and healthcare professionals on nutrigenomics in Greece.
Personalized Medicine
9
(2)
, pp. 201-210.
10.2217/pme.12.3
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Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to understand the general public’s and healthcare professionals’ views on nutrigenomics. Patients & methods: We designed a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals (n = 87) and the general public (n = 1504) in the three largest cities in Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras). Results: Our data revealed that only 11.5% of respondents from the general public had been advised to take a genetic test in order to explore the relationship between their genes and their nutritional status. Although 80.5% of healthcare professionals would have been willing to recommend their patients/clients to undergo nutrigenomic analysis to correlate their genetic profile with their diet, only 17.2% of respondents had actually done so. In general, the general public was opposed to direct-access nutrigenomics testing. Conclusion: The application of genomic information in the context of nutritional choice requires the continuing education of healthcare professionals and the dissemination of accurate and reliable information to the general public.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Medicine |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Publisher: | Future Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1741-0541 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 18 May 2018 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2024 09:45 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/43327 |
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