NDLI: Distress and Psychosocial Needs of a Heterogeneous High Risk Familial Cancer Population

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Author	Power, Tara E. Robinson, John W. Bridge, Peter Bernier, Francois P. Gilchrist, Dawna M.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	In order to assess the levels of distress and psychosocial support needs of a high risk population, we undertook a study to look at both the objective and subjective levels of distress and the wants and needs of individuals from a high familial cancer risk population. Three hundred and eighteen individuals (160 affected, 158 unaffected) completed several distress and psychosocial needs questionnaires (including the Brief Symptom Inventory-18). Sixty key informants were also surveyed about their perspective on the support needs of this population. In the largely female (90%), largely HBOC syndrome group (approximately 90%), 20% had significant levels of generalized distress, with no significant differences between affected and unaffected individuals. Generalized distress was also not significantly different as a function of mutation status. Individuals who received inconclusive test results, however, were more likely to indicate somatic symptoms of distress. Those individuals who did not have social support were more likely to be those who had never had cancer and who either had a mutation, received inconclusive test results, or were not tested. Key informants were most likely to indicate that patients need more support. These results provide evidence for the importance of establishing regular psychosocial distress screening, including a focus on somatic symptoms, in such high risk populations.
Starting Page	249
Ending Page	269
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10597700
Journal	Journal of Genetic Counseling
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15733599
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-04-21
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Distress High risk Genetic risk Psychosocial need Psychological need BSI-18 Screening Hereditary cancer BRCA Genetic predisposition Support Ethics Human Genetics Clinical Psychology Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Gynecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics (clinical)

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