Communicating breast cancer risks: a genetic counsellor's role in improvingpatient understanding to increase informed decision-making.
Recruiting
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
A consecutive series of women who are first time attenders applying for
genetic breast cancer counselling at three Dutch Clinical Genetic Centres
(VUmc Amsterdam, LUMC Leiden and UMCG Groningen) are invited to participate
in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Women are considered ineligible if they are
< 18 years of age,
have evident psychiatric illness,
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adequate riskperception.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Cognitive evaluation (knowledge about hereditary breast cancer, informed<br>decisions);<br /><br>2. Psychological and affective evaluation ((cancer)anxiety, worry);<br /><br>3. Evaluation of perceived benefits and helpfulness of the additional risk<br>counselling;<br /><br>4. Expected intention or actual uptake of methods of breast cancer detection and prevention.