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Table 2 Questionnaire with given responses (N = 35)

From: Descriptive study on subjective experience of genetic testing with respect to relationship, family planning and psychosocial wellbeing among women with lynch syndrome

Highest educational degree

High school

2 (5.7%)

Vocational school

15 (42.9%)

Uni. applied sciences

11 (31.4%)

University

7 (20.0%)

Questions with answer options “yes” and “no”:

 1.Were you in a relationship at the time of testing?

Answer “yes”

32 (91.0%)

 2. Were you in a relationship at the time of study?

Answer “yes”

28 (80.0%)

 3. Did genetic testing have influence on your relationship?

Answer “yes”

1 (3.0%)

 4. Have you been pregnant before testing?

Answer “yes”

24 (69.0%)

 5. Have you been pregnant after testing?

Answer “yes”

17 (49.0%)

 6. Have you had induced abortion(s) before testing?

Answer “yes”

2 (5.7%)

(8.7% of women who answered “yes” to question 4.)

 7. Have you had induced abortion(s) after testing?

Answer “yes”

2 (5.7%)

(11.8% of women who answered “yes” to question 5.)*

 8. Have you planned pregnancy before testing?

Answer “yes”

30 (86.0%)

 9. Have you planned pregnancy after testing?

Answer “yes”

15 (42.9%)

 10. Have you been sterilized before testing?

Answer “yes”

5 (14.3%)

 11. Have you been sterilized after testing?

Answer “yes”

5 (14.3%)

 12. Did genetic testing have influence on your family planning?

Answer “yes”

7 (20.0%)

 13. Did genetic testing have negative influence on your feminine self and body image?

Answer “yes”

5 (14.3%)

  1. *difference between the amount of abortions not statistically significant: p > 0,5