The impact of intolerance of uncertainty on anxiety after receiving an informational intervention about HPV: A randomised controlled study

Autor:	Rhonda Amsel, Natalie O. Rosen, Pasqualina Di Dio, Eleshia Morrison, Andrea Feldstain, Marie-Hélène Mayrand, Reena Tabing, Eduardo L. Franco, Zeev Rosberger, Bärbel Knäuper
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Adult Canada medicine.medical_specialty education Alternative medicine MEDLINE Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Alphapapillomavirus Anxiety law.invention Patient Education as Topic Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Human papillomavirus Applied Psychology Gynecology Cancer prevention Information Dissemination business.industry Papillomavirus Infections Uncertainty Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases General Medicine General Chemistry Middle Aged female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Family medicine Female Health education medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Psychology & Health. 25:651-668
ISSN:	1476-8321 0887-0446
DOI:	10.1080/08870440902822913
Popis:	This study examined the impact of intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and an informational intervention about human papillomavirus (HPV) infection on perceived uncertainty about one's HPV testing status (referred to as 'HPV uncertainty') and anxiety. IU, HPV uncertainty and other pre-intervention measures were assessed through mailed questionnaires. Participants were then randomly assigned to receive either a long (N = 125) or short (N = 124) HPV-specific information pamphlet or a long (N = 131) or short (N = 115) control pamphlet about cancer prevention. Participants subsequently completed measures of HPV uncertainty and anxiety. Providing a lot of HPV information increased HPV uncertainty more than providing little HPV information and cancer prevention information. Among women who received the long HPV or the short control pamphlet, those with higher IU were more anxious than those with lower IU. Women with higher IU are more likely to seek HPV information, but they may also be at risk for experiencing higher anxiety because factual uncertainties about HPV cannot be resolved through the provision of more information.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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