A randomized controlled trial to assess the psychological impact of a family history screening questionnaire in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-83

  Qureshi, Nadeem ^a,b   Standen, P J ^a   Hapgood, Rhydian ^a   Hayes, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Genetic screening; Medical history taking; Primary health care; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035141918     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/18.1.78     Document Type: Article

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