Psychometric Scale

REVEAL Impact of Genetic Testing in Alzheimer’s Disease (IGT-AD) Scale

Author(s):

Chung, Winston W.

Chen, Clara A.

Cupples, L. Adrienne

Roberts, J. Scott

Hiraki, Susan C.

Nair, Anil K.

Green, Robert C.

Stern, Robert A.

Year:

2010

Chung and colleagues created the REVEAL Impact of Genetic Testing in Alzheimer’s Disease (IGT-AD) Scale to measure psychological impact of genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer disease (AD). The scale includes questions about how often participants experienced emotional responses in the past week (never, rarely, sometimes or often) after receiving genetic test results.

Research Population:

Adults

Citation:

Chung, W, W., Chen, C. A., Cupples, L. A., Roberts, J. Scott, Hiraki, S. C., Nair, A. K., Green, R. C., & Stern, R. A. (2009). A new scale measuring psychologic impact of genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 23(1), 50-56.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19266699

Validation(s)

Chung, W, W., Chen, C. A., Cupples, L. A., Roberts, J. Scott, Hiraki, S. C., Nair, A. K., Green, R. C., & Stern, R. A. (2009). A new scale measuring psychologic impact of genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 23(1), 50-56.

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