Factors influencing the decision to share cancer genetic results among family members: An in-depth interview study of women in an Asian setting
| Autor: | Sapna Menon, Eliza Courtney, Shao-Tzu Li, Marie Met-Domestici, Joanne Ngeow, Geok Hoon Lim, Desiree Lie, Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun |
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| Přispěvatelé: | School of Social Sciences, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult media_common.quotation_subject Closeness Decision Making Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Breast Neoplasms 030105 genetics & heredity Grounded theory Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Perception medicine Cancer Genetics Humans Family Sociology::Family marriage and women [Social sciences] Genetic Testing Family history Qualitative Research media_common Genetic testing Ovarian Neoplasms Singapore medicine.diagnostic_test Middle Aged Psychiatry and Mental health Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Facilitator Result Category Female Family Relations Thematic analysis Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psycho-oncology. 27(3) |
| ISSN: | 1099-1611 |
| Popis: | Objective:Reluctance to share hereditary cancer syndrome genetic test results with family is reported among Asian patients. This study aims to explore patient factors influencing result sharing with family, to improve overall testing uptake.Methods:Participants were women with a personal/family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer who received a positive, negative, or variant of uncertain significance test result. In‐depth interviews were conducted to theme saturation to explore facilitators and barriers for sharing results with family. Grounded theory with thematic analysis was applied in analysis and interpretation.Results:Twenty‐four women participated. Three themes representing facilitators emerged for all results categories: family closeness, involvement of families in the testing process, and perception of low emotional impact of results. In the positive result category, 2 facilitator themes emerged: presence of actionable results and perception of family members' acceptance. In the negative and variant of uncertain significance result categories, 2 themes representing barriers to sharing emerged: perception of no genetic or medical implication for family and result ambiguity.Conclusion:Facilitators and barriers for result sharing are similar to those among Western women. A framework to explain Asian patients' decision‐making process identifies optimal counselling opportunities to enhance communication with family. Accepted version |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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