Acceptance of two strategies aimed at case finding women with a history of ovarian cancer in primary care for genetic counselling and DNA testing
| Acceptance | Case-finding strategy, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | ||
| Measurement data | |||
| GP practices approached for participation | 36 | 46 | |
| Uptake: GP practices’ active follow-up of patients with OC | 11 (31) | 21 (46) | |
| Questionnaire data | |||
| GP practices sent questionnairesa,b | 36 | 46 | |
| GP practices returning questionnaires | 10 (28) | 17 (37) | |
| Number of questionnaires returnedb | 10 from 10 practices | 30 from 17 practices | |
| Feasible in daily practice | – Yes | 7 (70) | 18 (60) |
| – No | 2 (20) | 5 (17) | |
| – No answer | 1 (10) | 7 (23) | |
| Desirable in daily practice | – Yes | 8 (80) | 21 (70) |
| – No | 1 (10) | 4 (13) | |
| – No answer | 1 (10) | 5 (17) | |
↵a Only practices that expressed an interest in participating in the study were sent a questionnaire.
↵b The number of questionnaires sent to GP practices corresponds with the number of GPs working in the practice. Therefore, multiple questionnaires could be returned from one GP practice. OC = ovarian cancer.