Specific psychosocial issues of individuals undergoing genetic counseling for cancer–a literature review

W Eijzenga, DEE Hahn, NK Aaronson, I Kluijt… - Journal of Genetic …, 2014 - Springer
Approximately 25% of individuals undergoing genetic counseling for cancer experiences
clinically relevant levels of distress, anxiety and/or depression. However, these general …

Improving subjective perception of personal cancer risk: systematic review and meta‐analysis of educational interventions for people with cancer or at high risk of …

M Dieng, CG Watts, NA Kasparian, RL Morton… - Psycho …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Newly diagnosed patients with cancer require education about the disease, the
available treatments and potential consequences of treatment. Greater understanding of …

Effect of routine assessment of specific psychosocial problems on personalized communication, counselors' awareness, and distress levels in cancer genetic …

W Eijzenga, NK Aaronson, DEE Hahn… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose This study evaluated the efficacy of a cancer genetics–specific questionnaire in
facilitating communication about, awareness of, and management of psychosocial problems …

Linking genetic counseling content to short-term outcomes in individuals at elevated breast cancer risk

KM Kelly, L Ellington, N Schoenberg, P Agarwal… - Journal of genetic …, 2014 - Springer
Few studies have linked actual genetic counseling content to short-term outcomes. Using
the Self-regulation Model, the impact of cognitive and affective content in genetic counseling …

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 …

The efficacy of a standardized questionnaire in facilitating personalized communication about problems encountered in cancer genetic counseling: design of a …

W Eijzenga, NK Aaronson, I Kluijt, GN Sidharta… - BMC cancer, 2014 - Springer
Background Individuals with a personal or family history of cancer, can opt for genetic
counseling and DNA-testing. Approximately 25% of these individuals experience clinically …

Subtle psychosocial sequelae of genetic test results

RE Grubs, LS Parker, R Hamilton - Current Genetic Medicine Reports, 2014 - Springer
Research using standard psychological measures has not revealed a dramatic
psychological reaction to receipt of predictive genetic test results. Qualitative research …

[PDF][PDF] Psychosocial problems in cancer genetic counseling: detecting and facilitating communication

W Eijzenga - Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2014 - dare.uva.nl
Approximately 25% of individuals undergoing genetic counseling for cancer experiences
clinically relevant levels of distress, anxiety and/or depression. However, these general …