Psychological response to prenatal genetic counseling and amniocentesis

Tercyak, Kenneth P.; Johnson, Suzanne Bennett; Roberts, Shearon F.; Cruz, Amelia C.

doi:10.1016/s0738-3991(00)00146-4

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“…Although judging whether counselors "facilitated decision making an adaptation to personal risk" is difficult, we did observe six studies claiming to advise counselees on surveillance (Bjorvatn et al 2007;Kaiser et al 2004;Rimes et al 2006;Rothemund et al 2001;Tercyak et al 2001), which may be regarded as facilitating informed decisions.…”

Section: Content Of the Counseling Sessionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…We therefore advise genetic counselors to use visual aids when communicating numerical risk information (cf. Tercyak et al 2001). …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two mentioned using a standardized counseling script (Codori et al 2005;Tercyak et al 2001). An additional three used audiotapes as a content check of the counseling session (Hopwood et al 2003;Kelly et al 2003;, while the remaining twelve did not mention the use of any protocol, standardized script or audio-or videotapes as a content check.…”

Section: Content Of the Counseling Sessionmentioning

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A Systematic Review of the Impact of Genetic Counseling on Risk Perception Accuracy

Smerecnik

Mesters

Verweij

et al. 2009

Journal of Genetic Counseling

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This review presents an overview of the impact of genetic counseling on risk perception accuracy in papers published between January 2000 and February 2007. The results suggest that genetic counseling may have a positive impact on risk perception accuracy, though some studies observed no impact at all, or only for low-risk participants. Several implications for future research can be deduced. First, future researchers should link risk perception changes to objective risk estimates, define risk perception accuracy as the correct counseled risk estimate, and report both the proportion of individuals who correctly estimate their risk and the average overestimation of the risk. Second, as the descriptions of the counseling sessions were generally poor, future research should include more detailed description of these sessions and link their content to risk perception outcomes to allow interpretation of the results. Finally, the effect of genetic counseling should be examined for a wider variety of hereditary conditions. Genetic counselors should provide the necessary context in which counselees can understand risk information, use both verbal and numerical risk estimates to communicate personal risk information, and use visual aids when communicating numerical risk information.

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“…We therefore advise genetic counselors to use visual aids when communicating numerical risk information (cf. Tercyak et al 2001). …”

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A Systematic Review of the Impact of Genetic Counseling on Risk Perception Accuracy

Smerecnik

Mesters

Verweij

et al. 2009

Journal of Genetic Counseling

104

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“…44,[45][46][47][48] To date, most of the literature on pre-and post-genetic testing-related distress had focused either on those who knew of increased risk (e.g., for hereditary cancers or Huntington disease) prior to testing, 49 or on those found to have possibly increased fetal risk during pregnancy. 50 Given that in the future, population screening for many late-onset disorders may reveal more genotypes with low or unclear risk than those clearly associated with disease, it is important to understand how people perceive and react to this type of result.…”

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Impact of hemochromatosis screening in patients with indeterminate results: The hemochromatosis and iron overload screening study

Anderson

Wenzel

Walker

et al. 2006

Genetics in Medicine

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Purpose: Assess the quality of life impact of receiving indeterminate test results for hemochromatosis, a disorder involving HFE genetic mutations and/or elevated serum transferrin saturation and ferritin. Methods: The study sample was from the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study, a large observational study of hemochromatosis among primary care patients in the US and Canada using HFE genotype and serum transferrin saturation and ferritin screening. Study subjects included 2,304 patients found with hemochromatosis risk of uncertain clinical significance.Assessed was SF-36 general health and emotional well-being before screening and six weeks after participants received their test results. Health worries were assessed after screening. Results: Of the study subjects, 1,268 participants (51.5%) completed both assessments. Compared to normal controls, those with HFE mutations or elevated serum transferrin saturation and ferritin levels of uncertain significance were more likely to report diminished general health and mental well-being, and more health worries. These effects were associated with participants' belief of having tested positive for hemochromatosis or iron overload. Conclusion: Notification of indeterminate results from screening may be associated with mild negative effects on well-being, and might be a potential participant risk in screening programs for disorders with uncertain genotype-phenotype. Genet Med 2006:8(11):681-687.

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“…Research indicates that personal experiences are key factors influencing screening decisions (Etchegary et al 2008) and can play a greater role in decision making than technical and clinical information (d'Agincourt-Canning 2005;Tercyak et al 2001;Etchegary et al 2008). Further, the process of learning new information is grounded in experience, that is to say, the information that one takes in will be influenced by and interpreted based on prior relevant experiences (Kolb 1984).…”

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Perceived relevance of genetic carrier screening: observations of the role of health-related life experiences and stage of life in decision making

Archibald

McClaren

2011

J Community Genet

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Psychological response to prenatal genetic counseling and amniocentesis

Cited by 111 publications

References 50 publications

A Systematic Review of the Impact of Genetic Counseling on Risk Perception Accuracy

A Systematic Review of the Impact of Genetic Counseling on Risk Perception Accuracy

Impact of hemochromatosis screening in patients with indeterminate results: The hemochromatosis and iron overload screening study

Perceived relevance of genetic carrier screening: observations of the role of health-related life experiences and stage of life in decision making

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