Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/3807
Title: Factors affecting the decision to have genetic testing for breast cancer
Authors: Faccenda, Karen A.
Keywords: Behavioral psychology.
Public health.
Oncology.
Women's studies.
Issue Date: 1999
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Citation: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-02, Section: B, page: 8140.
Abstract: The psychosocial factors that predict genetic testing for breast cancer were examined in a group of 100 women attending a breast cancer screening clinic. The women participated in a research study in which the opportunity to donate DNA for BRCA1 testing was offered. After a baseline assessment oil demographic variables, objective risk, general and cancer-specific distress, perceived risk and the personality trait, neuroticism, participants were offered the opportunity to receive free genetic counseling and BRCA1 testing. overall, 61% of the sample donated blood in order to learn their carrier status. The factors related to DNA donation were: age, income, education, objective risk, general distress and neuroticism. After controlling for all other variables, neuroticism was a significant predictor of test use (R Square Change (1, N = 94) = 5.12, p = .05). This is the first study to examine personality in relation to genetic testing for breast cancer.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/3807
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