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Family history and perceptions about risk and prevention for chronic diseases in primary care: a report from the family healthware impact trial.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Apr 2010
Acheson Louise S, Wang Catharine, Zyzanski Stephen J, Lynn Audrey, Ruffin Mack T, Gramling Robert, Rubinstein Wendy S, O'Neill Suzanne M, Nease Donald E
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PURPOSE: To determine whether family medical history as a risk factor for six common diseases is related to patients' perceptions of risk, worry, and control over getting these diseases. METHODS: We used data from the cluster-randomized, controlled Family Healthware Impact Trial (FHITr). At baseline, healthy primary care patients reported their perceptions about coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and...
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