NCT00381927

Effect of Counseling on Psychological Stress Amongst Women Felt to be at High Risk for Breast Cancer Development

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (planned)
• Sponsor: Baystate Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate 1) the extent of patient overestimation of breast cancer development risk in subjects referred to a physician-based high-risk breast clinic; 2) the ability of physician counseling to improve patient risk perception and reduce psychological distress; 3) to identify factors relevant in clinical practice associated with increased distress and risk perception.

Detailed description

Patients referred to the Baystate Comprehensive Breast Center High-Risk Clinic wil, after giving consent, complete an intake evaluation of breast cancer risk, the patient's perceptions of breast cancer development risk, and the Brief Symptom Inventory-18. Physician history, physical and counseling then takes place, with sharing of risk estimates based on modified Gail model and Myriad tables regarding breast cancer risk and probability of BRCA1/2 mutation. After counseling, patients complete another assessment of risk perception and BSI-18, and again 2 months and 1 year post counseling. Recommendations for hormonal management and referral for formal genetic evaluation and testing will be tracked.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physician Counseling

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-08-01
• Completion: 2006-04-01
• First posted: 2006-09-28
• Last updated: 2007-09-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States