Comparison of a Focused Family Cancer History Questionnaire to Family History Documentation in the Electronic Medical Record.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Family health history can be a valuable indicator of risk to develop certain cancers. Unfortunately, patient self-reported family history often contains inaccuracies, which might change recommendations for cancer screening. We endeavored to understand the difference between a patient's self-reported family history and their electronic medical record (EMR) family history. One aim of this study was to determine if family history information contained in the EMR differs from patient-reported family history collected using a focused questionnaire.

Methods

We created the Hereditary Cancer Questionnaire (HCQ) based on current guidelines and distributed to 314 patients in the Department of Family Medicine waiting room June 20 to August 1, 2018. The survey queried patie

SUBMITTER: Clift K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796064 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature