Implementing a telephone based peer support intervention for women with a BRCA1/2 mutation

Familial Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 373-382

  Farrelly, Ashley ^a   White, Victoria ^a   Young, Mary Anne ^b   Jefford, Michael ^a,b   Ieropoli, Sandra ^c   Duffy, Jessica ^d   Winship, Ingrid ^e   Meiser, Bettina ^f  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2; Breast cancer; Implementation; Peer support; Psychological distress; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PEER SUPPORT INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; WORKSHOP; AUSTRALIA; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TELEPHONE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84941025833     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: 15737292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-015-9797-9     Document Type: Article

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