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Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives
OBJECTIVE: Population-based risk assessment, using genetic testing and the provision of appropriate risk management, could lead to prevention, early detection and improved clinical management of ovarian cancer (OC). Previous research with mostly white British participants found positive attitudes to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021782 |
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author | Hann, Katie E J Ali, Nasreen Gessler, Sue Fraser, Lindsay Sarah Macduff Side, Lucy Waller, Jo Sanderson, Saskia C Lanceley, Anne |
author_facet | Hann, Katie E J Ali, Nasreen Gessler, Sue Fraser, Lindsay Sarah Macduff Side, Lucy Waller, Jo Sanderson, Saskia C Lanceley, Anne |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Population-based risk assessment, using genetic testing and the provision of appropriate risk management, could lead to prevention, early detection and improved clinical management of ovarian cancer (OC). Previous research with mostly white British participants found positive attitudes towards such a programme. The current study aimed to explore the attitudes of South Asian (SA) women and men in the UK with the aim of identifying how best to implement such a programme to minimise distress and maximise uptake. DESIGN: Semistructured qualitative focus group discussions. SETTING: Community centres across North London and Luton. PARTICIPANTS: 49 women and 13 men who identified as SA (Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi), which constitutes the largest non-European ethnic minority group in the UK. METHODS: Seven community-based focus groups were held. Group discussions were transcribed verbatim, coded and analysed thematically. RESULTS: Awareness and knowledge of OC symptoms and specific risk factors was low. The programme was acceptable to most participants and attitudes to it were generally positive. Participants’ main concerns related to receiving a high-risk result following the genetic test. Younger women may be more cautious of genetic testing, screening or risk-reducing surgery due to the importance of marriage and childbearing in their SA cultures. CONCLUSIONS: A crucial first step to enable implementation of population-based genetic risk assessment and management in OC is to raise awareness of OC within SA communities. It will be important to engage with the SA community early on in programme implementation to address their specific concerns and to ensure culturally tailored decision support. |
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spelling | pubmed-60593062018-07-27 Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives Hann, Katie E J Ali, Nasreen Gessler, Sue Fraser, Lindsay Sarah Macduff Side, Lucy Waller, Jo Sanderson, Saskia C Lanceley, Anne BMJ Open Health Services Research OBJECTIVE: Population-based risk assessment, using genetic testing and the provision of appropriate risk management, could lead to prevention, early detection and improved clinical management of ovarian cancer (OC). Previous research with mostly white British participants found positive attitudes towards such a programme. The current study aimed to explore the attitudes of South Asian (SA) women and men in the UK with the aim of identifying how best to implement such a programme to minimise distress and maximise uptake. DESIGN: Semistructured qualitative focus group discussions. SETTING: Community centres across North London and Luton. PARTICIPANTS: 49 women and 13 men who identified as SA (Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi), which constitutes the largest non-European ethnic minority group in the UK. METHODS: Seven community-based focus groups were held. Group discussions were transcribed verbatim, coded and analysed thematically. RESULTS: Awareness and knowledge of OC symptoms and specific risk factors was low. The programme was acceptable to most participants and attitudes to it were generally positive. Participants’ main concerns related to receiving a high-risk result following the genetic test. Younger women may be more cautious of genetic testing, screening or risk-reducing surgery due to the importance of marriage and childbearing in their SA cultures. CONCLUSIONS: A crucial first step to enable implementation of population-based genetic risk assessment and management in OC is to raise awareness of OC within SA communities. It will be important to engage with the SA community early on in programme implementation to address their specific concerns and to ensure culturally tailored decision support. BMJ Publishing Group 2018-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6059306/ /pubmed/30021754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021782 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Health Services Research Hann, Katie E J Ali, Nasreen Gessler, Sue Fraser, Lindsay Sarah Macduff Side, Lucy Waller, Jo Sanderson, Saskia C Lanceley, Anne Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives |
title | Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives |
title_full | Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives |
title_fullStr | Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives |
title_short | Attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of UK South Asians’ perspectives |
title_sort | attitudes towards a programme of risk assessment and stratified management for ovarian cancer: a focus group study of uk south asians’ perspectives |
topic | Health Services Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021782 |
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