Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of the multi-ethnic population of the United Arab Emirates on genomic medicine and genetic testing.

🤖 Plain-English Summary

The adoption and implementation of genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics (PGx) in healthcare systems have been very slow and limited worldwide. In addition, the majority indicated that they would disclose their genetic test results to their spouses (61.5%) and siblings (53.4%).

🔑 Key Findings

• Major barriers to knowledge translation into clinical practice lie in the level of literacy of the public of genetics and genomics.
• The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) multi-ethnic communities toward genomic medicine and genetic testing.
• A cross-sectional study using validated questionnaires was distributed to the participants.

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