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Table 3 Parent measures and assessments

From: Evaluating the clinical utility of early exome sequencing in diverse pediatric outpatient populations in the North Carolina Clinical Genomic Evaluation of Next-generation Exome Sequencing (NCGENES) 2 study: a randomized controlled trial

  

Assessments

Measure

Number of items

Intake

Pre-clinic visit

Post-clinic visit

Two-week post-return of results

Six-month post-return of results

Sociodemographic variablesa

 

X

    

Medical/healthcare characteristics

 Length of diagnostic odyssey c

1 item

X

    

 Access to care a, c

2 items

X

    

 Pediatric quality of life [PEDS-QL] [58]a

23 items

X

   

X

 Parent quality of life [SF-12] [59]a

12 items

 

X

 

X

X

 Perceived health of caregivera

1 item

 

X

 

X

X

 Perceived health of child [60]a

1 item

 

X

 

X

X

Psychosocial characteristics

 Preferred control in medical decisions [61]

1 item

X

   

X

 Decision self-efficacy [62]

7 items

X

X

 

X

X

 Missed work due to child’s condition [63]b

1 item

X

  

X

X

 Financial toxicity [64]

11 items

X

  

X

X

 Group-based medical mistrust [65]

12 items

X

   

X

 Personal physician trust/mistrust [66, 67]

8 items

X

   

X

 Genomic knowledge [UNC-GKS] [29]

25 items

X

   

X

 Health literacy [BRIEF] [68]a

4 items

X

    

 Subjective numeracy [69]^

3 items

X

    

 Depressive symptoms [PHQ-8] [70]

8 items

 

X

 

X

X

 Anxiety [GAD-7] [71]

7 items

 

X

 

X

X

 Emotional state [PANAS] [72]b

22 items

  

X

  

Variables related to preparation materials

 How much of the prep materials did caregiver reviewc

1 item

 

X

 

X

 

 Helpfulness of prep materials a

Varies by time point

 

X

X

X

 

Primary psychosocial outcomes

 Perceived patient-centeredness of clinical consultation [73]

21 items

  

X

X

 

 Number of questions asked during clinic visit

Coded from audio recordings

  

X

  

Variables related to diagnostic testing & return of results

 Understanding of diagnostic testing [74]c,b

6 items

Checklist items vary by timepoint

  

X

X

X

 Patient experience and satisfaction [75]b

Varies by time point

  

X

X

 

 Understanding of diagnostic testing resultsa,d

1 item

   

X

 

 Reaction to diagnostic testing results c

1 item

   

X

 

 Trust in results c

1 item

   

X

X

 Feelings about genomic testing results [FACToR] [76]a

14 items

Scale

   

X

X

 Personal utility of diagnostic results [PrU] [77] a

17 items

   

X

X

 Self-efficacy for explaining diagnostic results c

5 items

   

X

 

 Assessment of communication effectiveness [78]a,b

15 items

   

X

 
  1. aCSER-harmonized measures
  2. bAdapted measure
  3. cDeveloped for NCGENES 2
  4. dDeveloped for CSER 2