[HTML][HTML] A counselee-oriented perspective on risk communication in genetic counseling: explaining the inaccuracy of the counselees' risk perception shortly after …

J Vos, AM Stiggelbout, J Oosterwijk… - Genetics in …, 2011 - nature.com
Purpose: Genetic counseling may help counselees understand their genetic risk of
developing breast/ovarian cancer. However, many studies have shown that their perception …

Descriptive and numeric estimation of risk for psychotic disorders among affected individuals and relatives: implications for clinical practice

JC Austin, C Hippman, WG Honer - Psychiatry Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Studies show that individuals with psychotic illnesses and their families want information
about psychosis risks for other relatives. However, deriving accurate numeric probabilities …

[HTML][HTML] Design and implementation of a randomized controlled trial of genomic counseling for patients with chronic disease

K Sweet, ES Gordon, AC Sturm, TJ Schmidlen… - Journal of personalized …, 2014 - mdpi.com
We describe the development and implementation of a randomized controlled trial to
investigate the impact of genomic counseling on a cohort of patients with heart failure (HF) …

Genetic counseling and testing for females at elevated risk for breast cancer: Protocol for the randomized controlled trial of the Know Your Risk intervention

K Sweet, PL Reiter, PM Schnell, L Senter… - Contemporary Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Genetic counseling and testing have an important role in the care of patients at
elevated risk for breast cancer. However, conventional pre-and post-test genetic counseling …

Genetic counseling does not fulfill the counselees' need for certainty in hereditary breast/ovarian cancer families: an explorative assessment

J Vos, FH Menko, JC Oosterwijk… - Psycho …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Many cancer‐patients undergo DNA testing in the BRCA1/2 genes to receive
information about the likelihood that cancer is heritable. Previous nonsystematic studies …

Providing comprehensive genetic‐based ophthalmic care

K Branham, BM Yashar - Clinical Genetics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The diagnosis of an inherited retinal dystrophy can have a significant impact on both the
physical and emotional lives of patients and their families. In order to optimize the health and …

[HTML][HTML] Developing genetic counselling services in an underdeveloped healthcare setting

A Ciucă, R Moldovan, A Băban - Journal of community genetics, 2021 - Springer
Genetic counselling services are well established in North America, Western Europe and
Australia. In other regions, genetic counselling services are still emerging. Where this is the …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of a graphical presentation in addition to a frequency format in the context of familial breast cancer risk communication: a multicenter …

L Henneman, JC Oosterwijk, CJ van Asperen… - BMC medical informatics …, 2013 - Springer
Background Inadequate understanding of risk among counselees is a common problem in
familial cancer clinics. It has been suggested that graphical displays can help counselees …

Examining risk perception among men with a family history of prostate cancer

AG Matthew, C Paradiso, KL Currie, A Finelli… - Patient education and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This paper explores factors that influence the formulation of risk perception
among men with a family history of prostate cancer who are currently attending a prostate …

Counselee participation in follow-up breast cancer genetic counselling visits and associations with achievement of the preferred role, cognitive outcomes, risk …

A Albada, MGEM Ausems, S van Dulmen - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of the study was to assess the counselee participation in the follow-up visits,
compared to the first visits, for breast cancer genetic counselling and to explore associations …