http://nursefacultyscholars.org/taxonomy/term/758/0 en http://nursefacultyscholars.org/research-library/effect-cardiac-genetic-testing-psychological-well-being-and-illness-perceptions <div class="field field-type-date field-field-general-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Published Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2014-01-15 (All day)</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The objective of this study was to assess the effects of positive cardiac genetic diagnoses, ICD discharges, and arrhythmias on measures of psychological well-being.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To assess the effects of positive cardiac genetic diagnoses, ICD discharges, and arrhythmias on&nbsp;measures of psychological well-being. <strong>Methods</strong>: Fifty-eight adults with prior cardiac genetic testing were enrolled. Patient well-being was&nbsp;determined using the SF-36 (QoL), HADS-A and HADS-D (anxiety/depression), and IPQ-R (patients&rsquo; perceptions of illness). Patients with positive and negative cardiac genetic test results were compared&nbsp;using non-parametric statistics.</p><p><a href="http://nursefacultyscholars.org/research-library/effect-cardiac-genetic-testing-psychological-well-being-and-illness-perceptions" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Cardiac genetic testing arrhythmias cardiogenetics ICDs Quality of Life Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:30:03 +0000 kdeming 892 at http://nursefacultyscholars.org