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Pediatric BRCA1/2 Testing Attitudes Scale (P-TAS)
Year: 2009Peshkin and colleagues developed and tested the Pediatric BRCA1/2 Testing Attitudes Scale (P-TAS) to assess parental attitudes about and interest in testing their minor children for BRCA 1/2 mutati
Research Population: AdultsValidation(s):- Peshkin, B. N., Demarco, T. A., Garber, J. E., Valdimarsdottir, H. B., Patenaude, A. F., Schneider, K. A., Schwartz, Marc D., & Tercyak, K. P. (2009). Brief assessment of parents' attitudes toward testing minor children for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer genes: Development and validation of the Pediatric BRCA1/2 Testing Attitudes Scale (P-TAS). Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34(6), 627-638.
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My46: A Web-based Tool for Self-guided Management of Genomic Test Results
Year: 2017Tabor and colleagues developed My46, a self-guided, web-based information management system for individuals undergoing genetic testing in clinical and research settings, to enable them to choose wh
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Feelings About genomiC Testing Results (FACToR) Questionnaire
Year: 2018This post-return of genetic test results survey assesses the psychosocial impact of receiving genomic findings by measuring how much participants had specific feelings such as anxiousness, nervousn
Research Population: AdultsValidation(s):- Li, M., Bennette, C. S., Amendola, L. M., Ragan Hart, M., Heagerty, P., Comstock, B., Tarczy-Hornoch, P., Fullerton, S. M., Regier, D. A., Burke, W., Trinidad, S. B., Jarvik, Gail P., Veenstra, D. L., Patrick, D. L. (2019). The feelings about genomiC testing results (FACToR) questionnaire: development and preliminary validation. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 28(2), 477-490.
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Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS)
Year: 2007Fagerlin and colleagues developed the Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) to distinguish low- and high quantitative ability individuals for use with patients that need to understand the risks of medica
Research Population: AdultsValidation(s):- Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Smith, D. M., Ubel, P. A., Fagerlin, A. (2007). Validation of the Subjective Numeracy Scale: effects of low numeracy on comprehension of risk communications and utility elicitations. Med Decis Making, 27(5), 663–671.
- McNaughton, C. D., Cavanaugh, K. L., Kripalani, S., Rothman, R. L., Wallston, K. A. (2015). Validation of a Short, 3-Item Version of the Subjective Numeracy Scale. Med Decis Making, 35(8), 932–936.
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Health Care System Distrust Scale
Year: 2004Rose and colleagues developed a 10-item scale to measure distrust of the United States healthcare system (defined as hospitals, health insurance companies, and medical research) for use in the inve
Research Population: AdultsValidation(s):- Rose, A., Peters, N., Shea, J. A., & Armstrong, K. (2004). Development and testing of the health care system distrust scale. Journal of general internal medicine, 19(1), 57-63.
- Shea, J. A., Micco, E., Dean, L. T., McMurphy, S., Schwartz, J. S., & Armstrong, K. (2008). Development of a revised Health Care System Distrust scale. J Gen Intern Med., 23(6), 727–732.
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SF-12 Health Survey
Year: 1996Ware and colleagues developed the SF-12, a shortened version of the 36-item short-form (SF-36) health survey, to measure physical and mental health in studies with large samples or constraints on q
Research Population: AdultsValidation(s):- Ware Jr., J. E., Kosinski, M., Keller, S. D. (1996). A 12-item short-form health survey: Construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Medical care, 34(3), 220-233.
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Genetic Literacy Fast Test (GeneLiFT)
Year: 2020The Genetic Literacy Fast Test (GeneLiFT) is a self-administered genetic literacy test for individuals who intend to undergo genetic screening with return of results.
Research Population: AdultsValidation(s):- Rasouly, M. H., Cuneo, N., Marasa, M., DeMaria, N., Chatterjee, D., Thompson, J. J., Fasel, D. A., Wynn, J., Chung, W., Appelbaum, P., Weng, C., Bakken, S., & Gharavi, A. G. (2020). GeneLiFT: A novel test to facilitate rapid screening of genetic literacy in a diverse population undergoing genetic testing. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 00, 1–13.
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Genetic Essentialism Scale for Race (GESR)
Year: 2019The Genetic Essentialism Scale for Race (GESR) measures beliefs about the relationship between genes and race with 15 items.
Research Population: AdultsValidation(s):- Yaylacı, Ş., Roth, W. D., & Jaffe, K. (2019). Measuring racial essentialism in the genomic era: The genetic essentialism scale for race (GESR). Current Psychology, 1-15.
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CSER Phase 1: MIONCOSEQ Study FAQs
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions for participants in Personalized Oncology Through High-throughput Sequencing: Michigan Oncology Sequencing Center (MI-ONCOSEQ) Study.…
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Manual for Deliberative Focus Group Discussions (dFGDs) on Feedback of Individual Findings in Genomic Research among Lay Individuals who have Participated in Genomics Research
Year: 2019The Manual for Deliberative Focus Group Discussions (dFGDs) on Feedback of Individual Findings in Genomic Research was originally developed for use among adults and adolescents enrolled in genomics
Research Population: AdultsContact: [email protected]