Knowledge of genomics among nurses in the two hospital types
| Measure | Total (N=2118) | Cancer hospital nurses (N=1166) | General hospital nurses (N=952) | T-test/χ2 test | P value |
| Genomic knowledge score, mean (SD) | 1.83* | 0.068 | |||
| 8.30 (2.07) | 8.38 (2.08) | 8.21 (2.06) | |||
| Understanding of the genetics of common diseases | 1.38† | 0.503 | |||
| Excellent | 188 (8.9) | 103 (8.8) | 85 (8.9) | ||
| Good | 716 (33.8) | 382 (32.8) | 334 (35.1) | ||
| Poor | 1214 (57.3) | 681 (58.4) | 533 (56.0) | ||
| Self-assessment of overall genomic knowledge | 3.44† | 0.179 | |||
| Excellent | 175 (8.3) | 98 (8.4) | 77 (8.1) | ||
| Good | 631 (29.8) | 328 (28.1) | 303 (31.8) | ||
| Poor | 1312 (61.9) | 740 (63.5) | 572 (60.1) | ||
| Whether genetic test result is essential to support clinical decisions | 13.11† | 0.001 | |||
| Not at all | 77 (3.6) | 38 (3.3) | 39 (4.1) | ||
| Essential | 1753 (82.8) | 996 (85.4) | 757 (79.5) | ||
| Don’t know | 288 (13.6) | 132 (11.3) | 156 (16.4) | ||
Data in the table are N (%), except where noted as mean (SD).
*Independent samples t-test.
†χ2 test.