Evaluation of psychosocial aspects in participants of cancer genetic counseling

The instrument called "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" (HADS) is frequently used to evaluate anxious and depressive symptomatology in patients who receive Cancer Genetic Counseling (CGC). However, this instrument cannot identify all of the psychosocial factors, such as the anteceden...

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Published in:Hereditary cancer in clinical practice 2017-09, Vol.15 (1), p.13-13, Article 13
Main Authors: González-Ramírez, Leivy Patricia, Martínez-Arriaga, Reyna, Camacho-Cárdenas, Erendira, Del Toro-Valero, Azucena, Oceguera-Villanueva, Antonio, Zagamé, Livia, Silva-García, Aída Araceli, Daneri-Navarro, Adrián
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Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer genetic counseling
Decision making
Depression scale
Evaluation
Forecasts and trends
Genetic counseling
Health status indicators
Mental depression
Mental health
Mutation
Ovarian cancer
Psychological Health Interview
Womens health
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Summary:The instrument called "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" (HADS) is frequently used to evaluate anxious and depressive symptomatology in patients who receive Cancer Genetic Counseling (CGC). However, this instrument cannot identify all of the psychosocial factors, such as the antecedents of the patients' emotional states or their concerns. The objective of the present research was to compare cases detected with psychosocial alterations by means of HADS and a Psychological Health Interview (PHI). A transversal analytical design was used. One hundred ten participants were included (97.3% females and 2.7% males). The average age was 45 years ±10 years. The PHI identified twice the amount of participants with psychosocial alterations than did HADS, which only detected 43% of these participants. The results of our study suggest that the PHI should be applied in addition to HADS to identify participants who would require psychological support due to recurrent concerns.
ISSN:1731-2302
1897-4287
1897-4287
DOI:10.1186/s13053-017-0073-x