Interactive e-counselling for genetics pre-test decisions: where are we now?

摘要: In-person genetic counselling (GC) is the model typically used to provide patients with information regarding their testing options. Current and emerging demand for may overburden health care system exceed available numbers of counsellors. Furthermore, GC not always at times places convenient patients. There little evidence that in-person alone optimal alternatives have been studied in genetics other areas care. This review summarizes published between 1994 March 2014 interactive e-learning decisional support e-tools could be pre-test GC. A total 21 papers from 15 heterogeneous studies tools, or without decision aids, were reviewed. Study populations, designs, outcomes varied widely but most an e-tool as adjunct conventional Knowledge acquisition comfort achieved generally well-accepted by users. In a time when budgets are constrained availability limited, research needed determine specific circumstances which might replace supplement some functions