ArticleBMC cancer2016
Changes of Socio-demographic data of clients seeking genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer due to the "Angelina Jolie Effect".
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- Interdisciplinary risk counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: real-world data from a specialized center.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- Group plus "mini" individual pre-test genetic counselling sessions for hereditary cancer shorten provider time and improve patient satisfaction.Hereditary cancer in clinical practice · 2020Article
- Trends in BRCA testing and socioeconomic deprivation.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2019Article
- Analysis of hereditary cancer syndromes by using a panel of genes: novel and multiple pathogenic mutations.BMC cancer · 2019Article
- Acceptability of Localized Cancer Risk Reduction Interventions Among Individuals at Average or High Risk for Cancer.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2019Article
- High-Risk Palliative Care Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes about Hereditary Cancer Testing and DNA Banking.Journal of genetic counseling · 2018Observational
- The NextGen Study: patient motivation for participation in genome sequencing for carrier status.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2017Article
- The Bigger Picture: Picking the Right Soap Box-Is it Possible to Connect with Different Audience Targets (Practitioners and Patients) from the Same Platform?Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to evaluate socio-demographic characteristics of clients claiming genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) in Austria. Furthermore, changes of these parameters before and after Angelina Jolie's (AJ) disclosure of carrying a BRCA mutation were evaluated.
methodsIn this prospective, nonrandomized study 268 consecutive clients seeking genetic counseling for HBOC at the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vienna, Austria between June 2012 and June 2014 were included. Socio-demographic data and source of information about HBOC and genetic counseling were evaluated. First, socio-demographic parameters were compared to the general Austrian population. Second, changes in these parameters after AJ's public disclosure of carrying a BRCA mutation were analyzed.
resultsSubjects were more frequent female, younger and higher educated in comparison to Austria's general population (p < 0.001). Furthermore, level of education in participants was higher before than after AJ's disclosure (p = 0.046). Most clients were informed about genetic counseling by physicians. As expected, after AJ's public announcement patients were more frequent advised to genetic counseling by social media (p = 0.043) and family or friends (p = 0.010) than before.
conclusionsIn this present study we could demonstrate that particularly younger and female participants with high educational level attended significantly more often genetic counseling for HBOC. Increased presence of HBOC in media since AJ's disclosure of carrying a BRCA mutation had lead that information and awareness about HBOC was obtained by a wider audience from different social background.
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