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Retrospective Comparison of In-person versus Telephone Results Disclosure Counseling for BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing

Doughty, Courtney R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211940755

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2008, MS, University of Cincinnati, Allied Health Sciences : Genetic Counseling.
Telephone disclosure of BRCA1/2 molecular genetic test results has been proposed as a feasible alternative to traditional in-person results disclosure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between method of results disclosure with the patient outcome variables of knowledge, cancer worry, cancer risk perception, satisfaction, and cancer screening and prophylactic surgery behaviors. Study participants included 228 women who completed retrospective, self-administered, mailed surveys regarding their pre-test genetic counseling and results disclosure. No significant relationships were found between result disclosure method and the outcome variables investigated. A majority (90%) of individuals who received positive results by telephone returned for follow up visits. Factors which genetic counselors believed influenced their clinical decision to offer telephone disclosure were not shown to significantly impact the actual disclosure method. This study suggests that telephone results disclosure is clinically appropriate when counselors utilize their clinical judgment to determine which patients are appropriate candidates.
Erin Miller, MS, CGC (Committee Co-Chair)
Jennifer Ruschman, ScM, CGC (Committee Co-Chair)
Lisa Martin, PhD (Committee Member)
Jennifer Manders, MD (Committee Member)
31 p.
Genetics
genetic testing; telephone counseling; BRCA1; BRCA2; results disclosure; breast cancer; hereditary cancer

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  • Doughty, C. R. (2008). Retrospective Comparison of In-person versus Telephone Results Disclosure Counseling for BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211940755

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Doughty, Courtney. Retrospective Comparison of In-person versus Telephone Results Disclosure Counseling for BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211940755.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Doughty, Courtney. "Retrospective Comparison of In-person versus Telephone Results Disclosure Counseling for BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211940755

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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