Trial reportBMC cancer2008
ProsCan for Couples: randomised controlled trial of a couples-based sexuality intervention for men with localised prostate cancer who receive radical prostatectomy.
Trial report in BMC cancer, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial interventions for informal caregivers of people living with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Telephone follow-up of patients after radical prostatectomy: a systematic review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPooled it
- Improved cancer coping from a web-based intervention for prostate cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial.Psycho-oncology · 2021Trial
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Increase Adherence to Penile Injection Therapy-Based Rehabilitation After Radical Prostatectomy: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.The journal of sexual medicine · 2019Trial
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- Improving sexual health in men with prostate cancer: randomised controlled trial of exercise and psychosexual therapies.BMC cancer · 2014Trial
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- Lessons learned from the first 15 years of penile transplantation and updates to the Baltimore Criteria.Nature reviews. Urology · 2023Review
- Impact of Physical Exercise Program Interventions on Erectile Function and Cardiovascular Health in Males with Prostate Cancer.The world journal of men's health · 2022Review
- LGBTQI cancer patients' quality of life and distress: A comparison by gender, sexuality, age, cancer type and geographical remoteness.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Enhancing Survivorship Care Planning for Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer Using a Couple-Focused mHealth Symptom Self-Management Program: Protocol for a Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Physical and emotional health information needs and preferences of long-term prostate cancer survivors.Patient education and counseling · 2016Article
- The effects of partnered exercise on physical intimacy in couples coping with prostate cancer.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2016Article
- Toward structured peer support interventions in oncology: a qualitative insight into the experiences of gynaecological cancer survivors providing peer support.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
- Challenges to treat hypogonadism in prostate cancer patients: implications for endocrinologists, urologists and radiotherapists.Translational andrology and urology · 2015Review
- Defining young in the context of prostate cancer.American journal of men's health · 2015Article
- The validity of the distress thermometer in prostate cancer populations.Psycho-oncology · 2014Article
- Exercise therapy for sexual dysfunction after prostate cancer.Nature reviews. Urology · 2013Review
- Couple distress after localised prostate cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013Article
- Sexual problems, communication patterns, and depressive symptoms in couples coping with metastatic breast cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2013Article
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundProstate cancer is the most common male cancer in the Western world. The most substantial long term morbidity from this cancer is sexual dysfunction with consequent adverse changes in couple and intimate relationships. Research to date has not identified an effective way to improve sexual and psychosocial adjustment for both men with prostate cancer and their partners. As well, the efficacy and cost effectiveness of peer counselling as opposed to professional models of service delivery has not yet been empirically tested. This paper presents the design of a three arm randomised controlled trial (peer vs. nurse counselling vs. usual care) that will evaluate the efficacy of two couples-based sexuality interventions (ProsCan for Couples: Peer support vs. nurse counselling) on men's and women's sexual and psychosocial adjustment after surgical treatment for localised prostate cancer; in addition to cost-effectiveness. METHODS/
designSeventy couples per condition (210 couples in total) will be recruited after diagnosis and before treatment through urology private practices and hospital outpatient clinics and randomised to (1) usual care; (2) eight sessions of peer-delivered telephone support with DVD education; and (3) eight sessions of oncology nurse-delivered telephone counselling with DVD education. Two intervention sessions will be delivered before surgery and six over the six months post-surgery. The intervention will utilise a cognitive behavioural approach along with couple relationship education focussed on relationship enhancement and helping the couple to conjointly manage the stresses of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Participants will be assessed at baseline (before surgery) and 3, 6 and 12 months post-surgery. Outcome measures include: sexual adjustment; unmet sexuality supportive care needs; attitudes to sexual help seeking; psychological adjustment; benefit finding and quality of life. DISCUSSION: The study will provide recommendations about the efficacy of peer support vs. nurse counselling to facilitate better sexual and couple adjustment after prostate cancer as well as recommendations on whether the interventions represent efficient health service delivery.
trial registrationACTRN12608000358347.
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