Follow-up effects of a tailored pre-counseling website with question prompt in breast cancer genetic counseling

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-76

  Albada, Akke ^a   van Dulmen, Sandra ^b,c,d   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^b   Ausems, Margreet G E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Genetic counseling; Internet; Longitudinal; Patient information; Website

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT WORRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920019464     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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