Inappropriate Metacognitive Status Increases State Anxiety in Genetic Counseling Clients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many genetic counseling (GC) studies have focused on anxiety status because clients of GC often feel anxious during their visits. Metacognition is known to be one of the causes of having an inappropriate thinking style. In this study, we examined the relationship between anxiety and the metacognitive status of GC clients according to their characteristics.

Methods

The participants were 106 clients who attended their first GC session in our hospital from November 2018 to March 2021. The survey items were the clients' characteristics, anxiety status at the time of the visit, and metacognitive status.

Results

High state anxiety and high trait anxiety were observed in 34.9 and 11.3% of clients, respectively. Clients who were a relative or had a family history w

SUBMITTER: Shibata Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9133628 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature