Trial reportPatient education and counseling2010
The role of numeracy on client knowledge in BRCA genetic counseling.
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- Telephone versus in-person genetic counseling for hereditary cancer risk: Patient predictors of differential outcomes.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2024Article
- Variability in conceptualizations and measurement of genetic literacy.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- An Exploratory Study on the Impacts of Individual Skills and Health Information Exposure on Perceptions of Cancer Control and Expert Competence.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023Article
- BRCA1/2 testing for genetic susceptibility to cancer after 25 years: A scoping review and a primer on ethical implications.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Article
- Communicating Uncertainty: a Narrative Review and Framework for Future Research.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Review
- Should pretest genetic counselling be required for patients pursuing genomic sequencing? Results from a survey of participants in a large genomic implementation study.Journal of medical genetics · 2019Article
- A Clinical Decision Support Tool to Predict Cancer Risk for Commonly Tested Cancer-Related Germline Mutations.Journal of genetic counseling · 2018Article
- Theories for Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling: Fuzzy Trace Theory and Cognitive Behavior Theory.Journal of genetic counseling · 2017Review
- Exploring Genetic Numeracy Skills in a Sample of U.S. University Students.Frontiers in public health · 2017Article
- Visual aids improve diagnostic inferences and metacognitive judgment calibration.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
- Efficacy of a web-based intelligent tutoring system for communicating genetic risk of breast cancer: a fuzzy-trace theory approach.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2015Article
- Physicians' attitudes about communicating and managing scientific uncertainty differ by perceived ambiguity aversion of their patients.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2013Article
- Bridging the Communication Divide: A Role for Health Psychology in the Genomic Era.Professional psychology, research and practice · 2012Article
- Health literacy and cancer prevention: two new instruments to assess comprehension.Patient education and counseling · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the impact of numeracy and health literacy on client's ability to learn information orally communicated during a BRCA 1/2 genetic counseling session.
methodsFifty-nine videotaped simulated genetic counseling sessions were shown to 246 analogue clients (AC) recruited to imagine themselves as the client in the genetic counseling session. AC numeracy, genetic literacy, state and trait anxiety, and decisional conflict were assessed. The primary outcome was AC learning about BRCA 1/2.
resultsHealth literacy and numeracy were moderately correlated, and each independently predicted learning. Higher numeracy was associated with higher knowledge scores only among ACs with adequate literacy. Decisional conflict was not related to literacy, numeracy, or knowledge acquisition. It was, however, inversely related to state anxiety so that the higher post-session state anxiety, the lower the AC's decisional conflict.
conclusionNumeracy and health literacy are associated with learning of orally communicated information during genetic counseling. It appears that numeracy can facilitate learning for literate subjects; it does not, however, make any difference in learning ability of clients with significant literacy deficits. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Numeracy plays an important role in client's ability to learn information communicated during medical sessions, especially among clients who are otherwise regarded as literate.
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