A prospective study of psychological distress after prostate cancer surgery.
Psychooncology
; 28(12): 2389-2395, 2019 12.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Men treated for prostate cancer experience heightened psychological distress and have an increased risk of suicide. Management of this distress and risk is crucial for quality urological care.OBJECTIVE:
To identify risk indicators for poorer trajectories of psychological adjustment and health-related quality of life (QoL) after surgery for localised prostate cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, ANDPARTICIPANTS:
Patients were newly diagnosed with localised prostate cancer scheduled for surgical treatment. Patients were assessed at baseline (pre-surgery) and 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months post-surgery. MEASUREMENTS Assessment measures included sociodemographics, domain-specific and health-related QoL, and psychological distress. Mixed effects regression models were used to analyse the data. RESULTS ANDLIMITATIONS:
A total of 233 patients provided data for this analysis (Mage = 60 years, standard deviation [SD] = 4.02; MPSA = 7.37 ng/mL). At baseline, the prevalence of high psychological distress was 28% reducing to 21% at 24 months. Before treatment, younger age, more comorbidities, and worse bowel function were related to greater psychological distress; and younger age and better urinary, sexual, and bowel function were related to better health-related QoL. By contrast, for changes over time, only bowel function was important with better bowel function predicting decreasing psychological distress for men.CONCLUSIONS:
Regular distress screening is indicated over the 24 months after surgery for localised prostate cancer. Care pathways for men with prostate cancer need also to respond to age-specific concerns and health problems associated with comorbidities in aging men. Focussed symptom control for bowel bother should be a priority.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos:
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Asunto principal:
Prostatectomía
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Neoplasias de la Próstata
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Calidad de Vida
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Adaptación Psicológica
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Ajuste Emocional
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Distrés Psicológico
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychooncology
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia