Fig. 3: Hypotheses on the effect of genetic test results on distress at T2, and factors susceptible to influence this effect. | European Journal of Human Genetics

Fig. 3: Hypotheses on the effect of genetic test results on distress at T2, and factors susceptible to influence this effect.

From: Assessment of psychosocial difficulties by genetic clinicians and distress in women at high risk of breast cancer: a prospective study

Fig. 3

The thick arrow represents the effect being tested by the study. T1 = within 1 month after the initial genetic consultation; T2 = within 3 months after the genetic test disclosure consultation. The theoretical model presumes that a distress at T2 would depend on distress at T1; b a personal history of breast cancer would influence distress associated with the disclosure of the genetic test result at T2; c “sample” would influence “distress” at T2 via the personal history of breast cancer; d the effect of “distress” at T1 on “distress” at T2 would depend on the time elapsed between T1 and T2.

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