Table 4.
Measures Used in the Randomized Trial
Variables | Measures | Baseline | 1-Month | 6-Month |
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Demographics | Age, education, income, race, ethnicity, marital status, employment | X | ||
Family/Medical History | Familial mutation, family cancer history, number of children | X | ||
Knowledge | 10-items about BRCA knowledge [34, 61] | X | X | X |
Perceived Risks | Perceived risk of BRCA mutation and colon, prostate, lung, pancreatic and breast cancer | X | ||
Attitudes | Adapted version of the Multidimensional Measure of Informed Choice [43, 44, 62] | X | ||
Decisional Conflict | 16-item Decisional Conflict Scale [63] | X | X | |
Help/Harm of Genetic Testing | 11-items asking ways that BRCA1/2 testing could help or harm participant (e.g., “Undergoing BRCA1/2 gene testing may make me anxious or worried.”); Adapted from Bancroft et al. [64] | X | X | X |
Reasons for not pursuing testing | 8-items assessing reasons for not pursuing testing (e.g. “Did not know testing was an option”) | X | X | X |
Genetic Counseling and Testing | Assess genetic counseling/testing/test result. Assess counseling/testing discussions with physician | X | X | X |
Testing Decision Satisfaction | Satisfaction with Decision Scale [65, 66] | X | ||
Distress | Cancer distress: 15-item Impact of Event Scale [67]; Genetic testing distress: 21-item MICRA [68] | X | X | |
Stress | 4-item Perceived Stress Scale [69] | X | X | |
Cancer Worry | 4-items adapted from Lerman’s Cancer Worry Scale [70] | X | X | |
Depression/Anxiety | PROMIS Depression and Anxiety Scales [71] | X | ||
Global Health | PROMIS Global Health Scale [72] | X | ||
Risk Management | Self-report of ever/last use of cancer screening tests; Assess if discussed management options with physician and physician recommendations | X | X | |
WI Use/Process | WI Log-in data; Perceptions of how informative and helpful WI is, perception of WI quality. | X |