Table 2.
Change in Knowledge and Emotional Status Pre- Versus Postcounseling
| STUDY POPULATION | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REMOTE (n = 106) | IN-PERSON (n = 68) | REMOTE VERSUS IN-PERSON | |||||||||
| Precounseling | Immediate postcounseling | Change | Precounseling | Immediate postcounseling | Change | Pre- versus immediate postchange difference | |||||
| Variablea | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | p value | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | p value | p valueb |
| HBOC knowledge | 83 | 3.7 (2.25) | 66 | 6.6 (1.54) | <.0001 | 50 | 4.1 (2.18) | 50 | 6.9 (1.63) | <.0001 | .85 |
| Anxiety | 98 | 1.42 (1.84) | 89 | 1.2 (1.54) | .07 | 66 | 1 (1.25) | 68 | 0.8 (1.14) | .004 | .59 |
| Depression | 99 | 0.90 (1.53) | 89 | 0.67 (1.31) | .02 | 66 | 0.42 (0.96) | 68 | 0.35 (0.84) | .13 | .09 |
| ONE-MONTH POSTCOUNSELING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REMOTE (n = 41) | IN-PERSON (n = 24) | |||
| Variablea | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) |
| HBOC knowledge | 31 | 5.9 (2.08) | 18 | 6.9 (1.51) |
| Anxiety | 40 | 0.82 (1.37) | 24 | 0.58 (0.77) |
| Depression | 40 | 0.35 (0.73) | 24 | 0.29 (0.69) |
n's vary for individual measures as not all participants responded to all survey items.
a
Breast cancer knowledge measure depicts mean number of correct responses out of a maximum of 9 possible correct responses among participants with a personal or family history of breast/ovarian cancer; Anxiety and Depression items depict mean sum of two items reflecting anxiety and two items reflecting depression (range 0–6).
b
p value depicts the difference (if any) in degree of measure change pre- versus immediately postcounseling comparing remote versus in-person participants.
HBOC, hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.