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Table 3.

Areas of research

References in ascending order according to year of publication—author [ref.]	Information needs	Process and content	Cognitive and emotional impact			Experience	Timing of pre-test communication	Alternatives to face-to-face genetic counselling
	Information needs	Process and content	Recall and risk perception	Understand and interpret	Anxiety and distress	Experience	Timing of pre-test communication	Alternatives to face-to-face genetic counselling
Metcalfe et al. [16]	X
Randall et al. [23]			X		X
Hallowell et al. [35]				X		X
Lobb et al. [21]^a		X
Butow and Lobb [20]^a		X
Lobb et al. [15]^a	X	X
van Dijk et al. [36]				X	X
van Roosmalen et al. [39]					X
Mancini et al. [31]			X		X			X
Pieterse et al. [22]		X
Maheu and Thorne [34]				X		X
Vadaparampil et al. [38]				X			X
Vos et al. [37]				X		X
Pieterse et al. [40]					X
Vadaparampil et al. [42]							X
Vos et al. [24]^b			X
Christie et al. [27]			X		X		X
Meiser et al. [18]	X						X
Vos et al. [25]^b			X	X
Vos et al. [26]^b			X
Gleeson et al. [17]	X						X
Sie et al. [43]							X	X
Jacobs et al. [33]			X
Scherr et al. [29]			X				X
Quinn et al. [32]			X		X		X	X
Augestad et al. [41]						X	X	X
Benusiglio et al. [30]			X		X		X	X
Bredart et al. [28]			X		X
Jacobs et al. [19]	X

^aPapers from the same Australian study

^bPapers from the same Netherlands study