Sample characteristics
| Health professionals (n=73) | No (range) |
| Mean age in years at interview (range) | 39.81 (23-64) |
| Average years practising (range)* | 8.55 (0.50–23) |
| Average hours each week in direct contact with patients at-high risk of breast/ovarian cancer (range) | 7.53 (0.05–27.50) |
| Cultural background† | N (%) |
| Caucasian | 63 (86.30) |
| Other | 9 (12.33) |
| Marital status† | |
| Single | 19 (26.03) |
| Married | 45 (61.64) |
| De facto/partnered/engaged | 7 (9.59) |
| Other | 1 (1.37) |
| Employment† | |
| Genetic counsellor | 59 (80.82) |
| Other (eg, geneticists, nurses, oncologists, mental health specialists) | 13 (17.81) |
*Missing demographic data (n=3).
†Missing demographic data (n=1).