ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2016
The effects of partnered exercise on physical intimacy in couples coping with prostate cancer.
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- The Challenges of Enrollment and Retention: A Systematic Review of Psychosocial Behavioral Interventions for Patients With Cancer and Their Family Caregivers.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of resistance exercise in prostate cancer patients : A systematic review update as of March 2020.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2020Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for informal caregivers of people living with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting habitual exercise in people living with and beyond cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of resistance exercise in prostate cancer patients: a meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Pooled it
- Couple-focused interventions for men with localized prostate cancer and their spouses: A randomized clinical trial.British journal of health psychology · 2019Trial
- Brief supportive-expressive group therapy for partners of men with early stage prostate cancer: lessons learned from a negative randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Trial
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- Sexual Disability in Low Back Pain: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Framework for Physical Therapists.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Beliefs and interests in physical activity programs of cancer survivors and their romantic partners.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
- 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
- Active Engagement, Protective Buffering, and Depressive Symptoms in Young-Midlife Couples Surviving Cancer: The Roles of Age and Sex.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A pilot feasibility study of Exercising Together© during radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a dyadic approach for patients and spouses.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
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- Focusing on sexual rehabilitation besides penile rehabilitation following radical prostatectomy is important.International journal of impotence research · 2021Review
- Sexual function and rehabilitation after radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a review.International journal of impotence research · 2021Review
- Developing a couple typology: A qualitative study of couple dynamics around physical activity.Translational behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- "It Had a Lot of Cultural Stuff in It": HIV-Serodiscordant African American Couples' Experiences of a Culturally Congruent Sexual Health Intervention.Ethnicity & disease · 2020Article
- Understanding leisure-time physical activity: Voices of people with MS who have moderate-to-severe disability and their family caregivers.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe study examined whether couples coping with prostate cancer participating in a partnered exercise program-Exercising Together (ET)-experienced higher levels of physical intimacy (i.e., affectionate and sexual behavior) than couples in a usual care (UC) control group.
methodMen and their wives (n = 64 couples) were randomly assigned to either the ET or UC group. Couples in the ET group engaged in partnered strength-training twice weekly for 6 months. Multilevel modeling was used to explore the effects of ET on husband and wife engagement in both affectionate and sexual behaviors over time.
resultsControlling for relationship quality, wives in ET showed significant increases in engagement in affectionate behaviors compared to wives in UC. No intervention effects were found for husbands.
conclusionCouple-based approaches to physical intimacy, after a cancer diagnosis, that facilitate collaborative engagement in nonsexual physical activities for the couple have potential to be effective for wives. More research is needed in this area to determine couples most amenable to such exercise strategies, optimal timing in the cancer trajectory, and the benefits of combining partnered exercise with more traditional relationship-focused strategies.
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