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Table 7 Reasons why POs where in favour of screening

From: Survey on patients’ organisations’ knowledge and position paper on screening for inherited neuromuscular diseases in Europe

Rank

Shorter time to diagnostic

Early access to treatments

Inclusion in clinical trials

Preventive care

Genetic counselling

1

13 (50%)

18 (69%)

8 (33%)

11 (44%)

13 (48%)

2

7 (27%)

5 (19%)

6 (25%)

9 (36%)

7 (26%)

3

3 (12%)

1 (4%)

4 (17%)

3 (12%)

4 (15%)

4

2 (8%)

2 (8%)

0

2 (8%)

2 (7%)

5

1 (4%)

0

5 (21%)

0

1 (4%)

6

0

0

1 (4%)

0

0

  1. Aggregated results for all patients’ organisations (n = 28). 1 = most important, 6 = least important