Alireza Tafazoli, Agnieszka Kitlas Golińska, Krzysztof Mnich, Alireza Amirabadizadeh, Jennifer Clark Marquez, Wojciech Miltyk
BACKGROUND Pharmacogenomics (PGx) has a direct influence on personalized drug therapy for various types of disorders and has been proven to have an important role in the future of medicine. The present study evaluated the awareness of PGx testing of clinicians and healthcare workers in the Republic of Poland. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first direct assessment of Polish healthcare professionals' attitudes toward introducing PGx tests into daily clinical practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used a comprehensive anonymous questionnaire with queries on level of education, background knowledge of PGx tests, advantages and barriers for implementation of such tests, and clinicians' desire to order the test that was distributed online to doctors, healthcare workers, related students/Ph...
June 12, 2023: Medical Science Monitor: International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research