A randomized controlled trial of a brief self-help coping intervention designed to reduce distress when awaiting genetic risk information

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Bennett, Paul ^a   Phelps, Ceri ^a   Brain, Kate ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^a   Gray, Jonathon ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distress; Psychological intervention; Randomized controlled trial; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF HELP; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34250616319     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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