To test or not to test? Study protocol for a best-worst scaling to understand decision-making and preferences for genetic testing in moderate-risk individuals

• Carina Oedingen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ CO and NH are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-284X

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• Nicolle Hua ,

  Roles Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ CO and NH are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Karen V. MacDonald,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Julien Marcadier,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Renee Perrier,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Lindsay Tuer,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Brenda McInnes,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Francois Bernier,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Deborah A. Marshall

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: damarsha@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-8008

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