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Table 2 Psychological characteristics

From: The withdrawal from oncogenetic counselling and testing for hereditary and familial breast and ovarian cancer. A descriptive study of an Italian sample

 

Mean

Median

St Deviation

Range

Anxiety

7,9

7,0

3,7

0–16

Depression

5,1

4,0

3,5

0–15

Real cohesion

39,7

40,0

7,4

11–53

Real adaptability

30,0

30,0

7,1

15–50

Ideal cohesion

42,1

42,0

6,0

22–50

Ideal adaptability

34,5

35,0

5,7

17–46

Real dissatisfaction

-2.3

-2.0

8,1

(-25)–(+24)

Ideal dissatisfaction

-4.5

-5,0

7,8

(-22)–(+18)

Number of relatives affected by cancer

3,9

3,0

3,2

0–13

Cancer Risk Perception

38,9

46,0

23,8

0–100*

Genetic Risk Perception

39,9

50,0

23,1

0–86.8**