ArticleJournal of genetic counseling2005
Differences in individual approaches: communication in the familial breast cancer consultation and the effect on patient outcomes.
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- Distinct communication patterns during genetic counseling for late-onset Alzheimer's risk assessment.Patient education and counseling · 2014Article
- Explaining Mendelian inheritance in genetic consultations: an IPR study of counselor and counselee experiences.Journal of genetic counseling · 2010Article
- Assessment of the content and process of genetic counseling: a critical review of empirical studies.Journal of genetic counseling · 2008Review
- Coming full circle: a reciprocal-engagement model of genetic counseling practice.Journal of genetic counseling · 2007Article
- Cancer genetic counseling: communication and counselees' post-visit satisfaction, cognitions, anxiety, and needs fulfillment.Journal of genetic counseling · 2007Article
- Genetic counseling communication with an African American BRCA1 kindred.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2007Article
- Concerns and recommendations regarding inherited cancer risk: the perspectives of survivors and female relatives.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2007Article
- Exploring genetic counseling communication patterns: the role of teaching and counseling approaches.Journal of genetic counseling · 2006Article
- Communication analysis of BRCA1 genetic counseling.Journal of genetic counseling · 2005Article
- Analyzing the process and content of genetic counseling in familial breast cancer consultations.Journal of genetic counseling · 2004Article
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Abstract
This multicenter study aimed to assess (i) whether individual clinical geneticists and genetic counselors vary in their communication skills and (ii) whether this variation in communication impacts on patient outcomes, such as anxiety, depression, genetics knowledge, and satisfaction. One hundred and fifty women from high-risk breast cancer families attending their first genetic counseling consultation completed pre and post-consultation self-report questionnaires. The consultations were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Univariate analyses showed highly significant differences between individual clinical geneticists and genetic counselors in: facilitating understanding (p < or = 0.001); facilitating active involvement (p < or = 0.001); facilitating partnership building (p = 0.003); addressing emotional concerns (p < or = 0.001); and discussing prophylactic mastectomy (p = 0.017). Multivariate linear regressions showed that this variation in communication resulted in a greater change in patient's depression 4 weeks after the counseling session (p = 0.017). These findings suggest clinical geneticists and genetic counselors have achieved some standardization in communicating information, but showed diversity in their facilitation skills. Communication skills may be a useful area to explore further in this field.
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