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- Title
Verifying patient information in the colorectal family history clinic.
- Authors
Pettman, Maria
- Abstract
The national colorectal family history screening guidelines categorise risk on the basis of the incidence of familial cancer, type of cancer, age, and genetic proximity. Appropriate assessment of risk involves obtaining detailed, relevant, and accurate family history information. An incorrect assessment can result in high- or medium-risk patients not receiving tests, or low-risk patients being subjected to unnecessary invasive and costly colonoscopies. The majority of asymptomatic referrals to nurse-led colorectal family-history screening clinics (CFHSC) are from primary care. Information provided by the GP is nonstandardised and can often be inaccurate. CFHSCs expend significant resources to improve the accuracy and relevance of family history information. This is done using a patient questionnaire and verifying the information against medical records and the Cancer Registry. This study aims to quantify the benefits of this verification process. INSETS: Box 1. Brief overview of the Amsterdam Criteria, 1991¿1999.;Box 2. Brief overview of the Bethesda Criteria, 1997¿2004..
- Subjects
ENGLAND; RECTUM tumors; TUMOR prevention; COLON tumor prevention; CHI-squared test; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL history taking; MEDICAL referrals; GENERAL practitioners; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK assessment; STATISTICAL sampling; FAMILY history (Medicine); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EARLY detection of cancer
- Publication
Gastrointestinal Nursing, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 10, p37
- ISSN
1479-5248
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/gasn.2013.11.10.37