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Table 5 Participant understanding and engagement in the Families SHARE workbook

From: Evaluation of the Families SHARE workbook: an educational tool outlining disease risk and healthy guidelines to reduce risk of heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer

 

Phase 1

Phase 2

(n = 35)

(n = 36)

Understanding

Min-Max

M(SD)

Min-Max

M(SD)

Overall impressions

3–7

6.03 (1.15)

4–7

6.26 (0.95)

Sample family health history tree

1–7

5.89 (1.49)

3–7

6.61 (0.90)

Personal family health history tree

1–7

6.37 (1.24)

5–7

6.64 (0.59)

Disease risk algorithm

3–7

6.14 (1.03)

5–7

6.44 (0.77)

Health guidelines for risk reduction

4–7

6.76 (0.61)

5–7

6.81 (0.47)

Engagement

%

%

Able to assess personal risk using algorithm

91.4

100

Able to assess family members’ risk using algorithm

65.7

61.1

Talked to family to obtain family health history information

34.3

27.8

Talked with child’s father to obtain his family history information

31.3a

38.9

Talk with family regarding disease risk

5.7

19.4

  1. Abbreviations: M mean, SD standard deviation
  2. a3 responses missing