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Which factors predict proposal and uptake of psychological counselling after BRCA1/2 test result disclosure?
Author(s) -
Maheu Christine,
Bouhnik AnneDeborah,
Nogues Catherine,
MouretFourme Emmanuelle,
StoppaLyonnet Dominique,
Lasset Christine,
Berthet Pascaline,
Fricker JeanPierre,
Caron Olivier,
Luporsi Elizabeth,
Gladieff Laurence,
JulianReynier Claire
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/pon.3435
Subject(s) - logistic regression , confidence interval , genetic counseling , odds ratio , medicine , test (biology) , genetic testing , distress , demography , prospective cohort study , psychological distress , cohort , clinical psychology , multivariate analysis , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , mental health , genetics , biology , paleontology , sociology
Objective The aim of this study is to prospectively determine the factors contributing to whether unaffected women from BRCA1/2 families reported that clinicians proposed psychological consultations and that they had attended these consultations during the genetic testing process. Methods A prospective study was performed on a national cohort, using self‐administered questionnaires to determine the rates of proposal and use of psychological services at the time of BRCA1/2 test result disclosure ( N = 533) and during the first year after disclosure ( N = 478) among unaffected French women from BRCA1/2 families who had undergone genetic testing for BRCA1/2. Multivariate adjustment was carried out using logistic regression models fitted using generalized estimation equations, with the genetic testing centre as the clustering variable. Results At the time of BRCA1/2 test result disclosure, a psychological consultation was proposed by cancer geneticists to 72% and 32% of the carriers ( N = 232) and noncarriers ( N = 301), respectively ( p < 0.001). One year after disclosure, 21% of the carriers had consulted a psychologist, versus 9% of the noncarriers ( p < 0.001). Both the proposal and the uptake depended on the women's BRCA1/2 mutation carrier status (proposal adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 4.9; 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.4–7.2; uptake AOR: 2.2; 95% CI 1.2–4.0), their level of education (proposal AOR: 1.7; 95% CI 1.1–2.7; uptake AOR: 4.5; 95% CI 1.7–12.1) and the distress they experienced about their genetic test results (proposal AOR: 1.02; 95% CI 1.01–1.03; uptake AOR: 1.04; 95% CI 1.02–1.06) Conclusions Determinants of the proposal/uptake of psychological consultations in the BRCA1/2 testing process highlight the need for inventive strategies to reach the different types of women's profiles. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.