Table 4 Supportive quotes for theme 2 ‘genetic information usage’

‘We also don’t tend to do a huge amount of rheumatology, which is where genetics and those tests tend to count the most. So I know for me I tend to rely on like clinical judgment more than genetic information.’

‘I would look through all that first and then if that didn’t fit, then I probably wouldn’t rely on the genetic test, or the genetic test would not be as accurate, whereas if it fit and the genetic test came back as positive, then for me it’s more confirmation, as opposed to directly guiding me into it and also I often because in the medical program we don’t tend to do a huge amount of genetics.’

‘So for me genetics is more confirmatory, and that’s only because I’m not familiar with it. I think if I had a better understanding of genetics, I would be able to kind of use of it, whereas for me because it’s uncomfortable, and unfamiliar, it’s only really used to confirm