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Perceptions of Uncertainties in Genome Sequencing (PUGS) Scale

Author(s):

Author Name(s)
Biesecker, B. B.
Woolford, S. W.
Klein, W. M. P.
Brothers, K. B.
Umstead, K. L.
Lewis, K. L.
Biesecker, L. G.
Han, P. K. J.

Year:

Year
2017

The Perceptions of Uncertainties in Genome Sequencing (PUGS) Scale was developed to evaluate perceived uncertainties in genome sequencing. The scale comprises ten items to assess uncertainties within three domains: clinical, affective, and evaluative.

Research Population:

Research Population
Adults

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Validation Text

Biesecker, B. B., Woolford, S. W., Klein, W. M. P., Brothers, K. B., Umstead, K. L., Lewis, K. L., Biesecker, L. G., & Han, P. K. J. (2017). PUGS: A novel scale to assess perceptions of uncertainties in genome sequencing. Clinical Genetics, 92(2), 172-179.

Umstead, K. L., Campbell, R., Napier, C. E., Bartley, N., Best, M. C., Butow, P. N., Biesecker, B. B. Further validation of the Perceptions of Uncertainties in Genome Sequencing scale among patients with cancer undergoing tumor sequencing. (2022). Clinical Genetics, 102(2), 110-116.

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