2.2. Data Collection and Measures
depression, Depression, cancer, Anxiety
CANCER, EVENT
The data were collected from a self-administered questionnaire that participants received after giving informed consent. Participants were able to take the questionnaire home and were asked to return the questionnaire within one week. Data were collected on age, marital status, highest level of education, employment status, and children. Additionally, several measures on self-efficacy, decision making, and psychological burden were included: Coping self-efficacy. Self-efficacy to cope with the genetic test result was measured using the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE) [Anxiety and depression. The German version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to assess the level of psychological distress following disclosure of the genetic test result [Impact of genetic test result. To measure the subjective distress of the genetic test result, the Impact of Event Scale (IES) was used [Status of decision. The Stage of Decision-Making Scale (SDMS) is a single-item scale that assessed how far along women were in their decision-making process on how to deal with their cancer risk [Decisional conflict. Decisional conflict captures the uncertainty in health- or treatment-related decisions. It was measured using the German translation of the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) [