Informing relatives about their cancer risk and preventive measures. A trial to assess the effectiveness of additional counseling.
Completed
- Conditions
- hereditary or familial breast cancerhereditary or familial colon cancer100836241001799010006232
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON39133
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1200
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria for counselees:
1) index-patient (the first in their family to visit the department of Clinical Genetics for hereditary or familial colon or breast cancer),
2) at least one relative at increased risk for breast or colon cancer, i.e. eligible for genetic counseling and/or surveillance,
3) aged 18 years and over,
4) able to read and write Dutch and
5) informed consent. ;Inclusion criteria for relatives:
1) permission of the counselee,
2) aged 18 years and over,
3) able to read and write Dutch and
4) informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1) mentally impaired
2) unable to independently complete a questionnaire
3) they are not literate in Dutch
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome constitutes the degree of knowledge, motivation and<br /><br>self-efficay of counselees with regard to disclosing cancer risks and<br /><br>preventive measures to relatives. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>secondary outcomes include:<br /><br>- the number and proportion of relatives informed by counselees<br /><br>- relatives' knowledge about hereditary cancer and preventive measures<br /><br>- relatives' intention to engage in genetic counseling</p><br>