Evers-Kiebooms G, Cassiman J J, van den Berghe H
J Med Genet. 1987 May;24(5):275-9. doi: 10.1136/jmg.24.5.275.
After the publication of evidence of the existence of a DNA polymorphism closely linked to the gene for Huntington's disease, attitudes towards predictive testing for Huntington's disease were evaluated in Belgium in a group of persons who are at risk for the disease and in a smaller group of their partners. The percentage of persons at risk who planned to take the test was smaller than in many previously published studies. Our results revealed a lack of association between the intention to take the test and social or demographic variables. Specific attention was paid to the difference in intention between a person at risk and his or her partner and to the opinions about the way the decision to take the test should be made.
在有证据表明存在与亨廷顿舞蹈症基因紧密连锁的DNA多态性之后,比利时对一组有患该病风险的人群及其数量较少的伴侣群体就亨廷顿舞蹈症预测性检测的态度进行了评估。有患病风险且计划进行检测的人群比例低于许多此前发表的研究中的比例。我们的结果显示,进行检测的意愿与社会或人口统计学变量之间不存在关联。特别关注了有患病风险的人与他或她的伴侣在检测意愿上的差异,以及对进行检测的决策方式的看法。