Motivations for Participation in Parkinson Disease Genetic Research Among Hispanics versus Non-Hispanics. - PubMed - NCBI

Motivations for Participation in Parkinson Disease Genetic Research Among Hispanics versus Non-Hispanics. - PubMed - NCBI

Front Genet. 2019 Jul 16;10:658. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00658. eCollection 2019.

Motivations for Participation in Parkinson Disease Genetic Research Among Hispanics versus Non-Hispanics.

Nuytemans K1,2, Manrique CP1, Uhlenberg A1, Scott WK1,2, Cuccaro ML1,2, Luca CC3, Singer C3, Vance JM1,2.

Author information

1

John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.

2

Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.

3

Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.

Abstract

Involvement of participants from different racial and ethnic groups in genomic research is vital to reducing health disparities in the precision medicine era. Racial and ethnically diverse populations are underrepresented in current genomic research, creating bias in result interpretation. Limited information is available to support motivations or barriers of these groups to participate in genomic research for late-onset, neurodegenerative disorders. To evaluate willingness for research participation, we compared motivations for participation in genetic studies among 113 Parkinson disease (PD) patients and 49 caregivers visiting the Movement Disorders clinic at the University of Miami. Hispanics and non-Hispanics were equally motivated to participate in genetic research for PD. However, Hispanic patients were less likely to be influenced by the promise of scientific advancements (N = 0.01). This lack of scientific interest, but not other motivations, was found to be likely confounded by lower levels of obtained education (N = 0.001). Overall, these results suggest that underrepresentation of Hispanics in genetic research may be partly due to reduced invitations to these studies.

KEYWORDS:

Parkinson disease; diversity; genetics; participation; research

PMID:

 

31379924

 

PMCID:

 

PMC6646686

 

DOI:

 

10.3389/fgene.2019.00658

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