Descriptive study on subjective experience of genetic testing with respect to relationship, family planning and psychosocial wellbeing among women with lynch syndrome
dc.contributor.author | Kalamo, Mari | |
dc.contributor.author | Mäenpää, Johanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Seppälä, Toni | |
dc.contributor.author | Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka | |
dc.contributor.author | Pylvänäinen, Kirsi | |
dc.contributor.author | Staff, Synnöve | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-17T07:10:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-17T07:10:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kalamo, M., Mäenpää, J., Seppälä, T., Mecklin, J.-P., Pylvänäinen, K., & Staff, S. (2021). Descriptive study on subjective experience of genetic testing with respect to relationship, family planning and psychosocial wellbeing among women with lynch syndrome. <i>Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice</i>, <i>19</i>, Article 38. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13053-021-00194-x" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1186/s13053-021-00194-x</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_101003969 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77816 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background Due to increased risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer, women belonging to known Lynch Syndrome (LS) families are recommended to undergo germline testing. Current practice in Finland is to offer counselling to women with pathogenic variant and advocate risk-reducing surgery (RRS) after completion of childbirth. The present study aimed to clarify the impacts of positive germline testing on family planning and reproductive decisions of these women, which are relatively unknown. Methods Seventy-nine carriers of germline MMR gene pathogenic variant (path_MMR) were identified from the Finnish LS Registry as having genetic testing performed before the age of 45 years and not having undergone hysterectomy or oophorectomy. These women were sent a questionnaire concerning family planning, intimate relationships and psychosocial wellbeing. Results Thirty-five women (44.3%) responded. Parity of path_MMR carriers (2.1) was slightly higher than parity among Finnish women in general (1.8). No significant differences were found between parity, number of induced abortions or sterilizations before and after genetic testing. Only minority of subjects reported any influence on family planning (20%) or negative impact on feminine self and body image (14%). Conclusions The positive germline testing does not seem to have a major negative impact on family planning, intimate relationships or feminine self and body image. According to the open comments, counselling, supportive and empathic attitude of the professionals seem to have a significant impact on this. These results are a valuable addition to the counselling of LS women at reproductive age. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Biomed Central | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice | |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
dc.subject.other | Lynch syndrome | |
dc.subject.other | hereditary cancer | |
dc.subject.other | testing | |
dc.subject.other | relationships | |
dc.subject.other | psychosocial wellbeing | |
dc.title | Descriptive study on subjective experience of genetic testing with respect to relationship, family planning and psychosocial wellbeing among women with lynch syndrome | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202109174891 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.relation.issn | 1731-2302 | |
dc.relation.volume | 19 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © The Author(s). 2021 | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.subject.yso | perhesuunnittelu | |
dc.subject.yso | Lynchin oireyhtymä | |
dc.subject.yso | ihmissuhteet | |
dc.subject.yso | testaus | |
dc.subject.yso | syöpätaudit | |
dc.subject.yso | perinnölliset taudit | |
dc.subject.yso | henkinen hyvinvointi | |
dc.format.content | fulltext | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p8516 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p23697 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6936 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p8471 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p678 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p19997 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p1946 | |
dc.rights.url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.relation.doi | 10.1186/s13053-021-00194-x | |
jyx.fundinginformation | Tampere University Doctoral education funding. Pirkanmaa Hospital District’s Research Funding. Cancer Society of Finland. Finnish Cultural Foundation; Pirkanmaa Regional Fund. Finnish Research Foundation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. | |
dc.type.okm | A1 |
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