Assessment of psychosocial difficulties by genetic clinicians and distress in women at high risk of breast cancer: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT: We examined how often genetic clinicians correctly identify psychosocial difficulties in women at high breast cancer risk and explored effects of this assessment and the genetic test result on counselees' distress. A prospective observational study of counselee-clinician dyads was performed in three French, German and Spanish genetic clinics, involving 709 counselees (participation rate, 83.4%) and 31 clinicians (participation rate, 100%). Counselee-clinician agreement in perceived psychosocial difficulties was measured after the pre-test genetic consultation. Multivariate mixed linear models accounting for clinicians were tested. Predicted distress levels were assessed after the pre- (T1) and post-test result disclosure consultations (T2). Depending on the difficulty domain, clinicians ad

SUBMITTER: Bredart A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9437045 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature