Journal article
Assessing the acceptability, feasibility, and usefulness of a psychosocial screening tool to patients and clinicians in a clinical genetics service in Australia
K Monohan, R Purvis, A Sexton, M Kentwell, M Thet, L Stafford, L Forrest
Journal of Genetic Counseling | Published : 2022
DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1532
Abstract
Increasing demand for clinical genetic services may impact the resources and quality of genetic counseling, potentially impacting patient outcomes. Using a psychosocial screening tool may aid the provision of genetic counseling by reliably identifying patients’ psychosocial needs. The Genetic Psychosocial Risk Instrument (GPRI) is a validated genetic-specific screening tool designed to identify psychological risk factors that predict distress in patients having genetic testing. This questionnaire-based study investigated the perceived acceptability, feasibility, and usefulness of the GPRI in patients and clinicians in routine clinical genetic practice. From December 2018 to January 2019, 154..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Emily Higgs for her contribution to the preliminary idea of implementing a psychosocial screening tool into the clinical genetic service. We also thank Paul James for his support as Director of the Parkville Familial Cancer Centre for this research. Dr Laura Forrest was in receipt of a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Breast Cancer Foundation (PF-14-009; 2014-2020), Australia, while this research was conducted. Dr Forrest now holds a mid-career fellowship from the Victorian Cancer Agency (MCRF20012; 2021-2025), Australia, that funds the hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial to test the use of the GPRI to improve patient outcomes after genetic counseling.