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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2009

The effects of a presurgical stress management intervention for men with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy.

Patricia A Parker, Curtis A Pettaway, Richard J Babaian, Louis L Pisters, Brian Miles, Adoneca Fortier, Qi Wei, Danielle D Carr, Lorenzo Cohen

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. The impact of prehabilitation on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  5. Psychosocial interventions for men with prostate cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  7. Evidence for interventions to improve psychological outcomes in people with head and neck cancer: a systematic review of the literature.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2011
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  11. Psychosocial moderators of presurgical stress management for men undergoing radical prostatectomy.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2013
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  17. Perioperative prehabilitation.Singapore medical journal · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Patricia A ParkerDepartment of Behavioral Science, Integrative Medicine Program, Unit 1330, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230, USA.
Curtis A Pettaway
Richard J Babaian
Louis L Pisters
Brian Miles
Adoneca Fortier
Qi Wei
Danielle D Carr
Lorenzo Cohen

Funding

PRESURGICAL STRESS REDUCTION--MENTAL HEALTH AND CANCERR01MH059432 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI COHEN, LORENZO · 1998 to 2002
$1.3M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PURPOSE This study assessed the short-term and long-term efficacy of a presurgical stress management intervention at reducing mood disturbance and improving quality of life (QOL) in men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred fifty-nine men were randomly assigned to a two-session (plus two boosters) presurgical stress management intervention (SM), a two-session (plus two boosters) supportive attention group (SA), or a standard care group (SC). Assessments occurred 1 month before surgery; 1 week before surgery; the morning of surgery; 6 weeks after surgery, and 6 and 12 months after surgery. Results Results indicated significant group differences in mood disturbance before surgery (P = .02), such that men in the SM group had significantly less mood disturbance than men in the SC group (P = .006), with no significant differences between the SM and SA or SA and SC groups. In the year after surgery, there were significant group differences on Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short form survey (SF-36) physical component summary (PCS) scores (P = .004); men in the SM group had significantly higher PCS scores than men in the SC group (P = .0009), and there were no significant differences between the SM and SA or SA and SC groups. There were no group effects on prostate-specific QOL or SF-36 mental health scores. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrate the efficacy of a brief presurgical stress management intervention in improving some short-term and long-term outcomes. If these results are replicated, it may be a useful adjunct to standard care for men with prostate cancer undergoing surgery.

Indexed as

Cognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPreoperative CareProstatectomyProstatic NeoplasmsQuality of LifeStress, PsychologicalTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID19349551
PMCPMC2716938

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