Risk Perception, Worry and Satisfaction Related to Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Cancer
| Autor: | Nina Øyen, Cathrine Bjorvatn, Gunilla Berglund, Berit Rokne Hanestad, Anniken Hamang Carlsson, Geir Egil Eide, Odd E. Havik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Risk medicine.medical_specialty Genetic counseling media_common.quotation_subject Breast Neoplasms Genetic Counseling Norwegian Patient satisfaction Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Genetic Testing Genetics (clinical) Genetic testing media_common Ovarian Neoplasms medicine.diagnostic_test Norway business.industry Public health Cancer medicine.disease language.human_language Risk perception Patient Satisfaction language Female Worry Colorectal Neoplasms business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Genetic Counseling. 16:211-222 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3599 1059-7700 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10897-006-9061-4 |
| Popis: | In this multi center study, genetic counseling for hereditary cancer was evaluated by assessing patients' worry, perceived risk of developing cancer and satisfaction with genetic counseling. An overall aim was to identify characteristics of vulnerable patients in order to customize genetic counseling. In addition, agreement between patients' and counselors' scores was measured. A total of 275 Norwegian patients were consecutively recruited, and 213 completed questionnaires before and after genetic counseling. Patients' perceived risk decreased after the genetic counseling session. There was incongruence between risk perception expressed as a percentage and in words. Patients were significantly less worried after counseling. Higher levels of worry were predicted by low instrumental satisfaction with counseling, high degree of perceived risk of developing cancer and younger age. In conclusion, counselors met the patients' psychological needs to a satisfactory degree during counseling. However, patients did not fully understand their risk of developing cancer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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