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ArticlePsycho-oncology2019

Health-related quality of life by human immunodeficiency virus status in a cross-sectional survey of gay and bisexual prostate cancer survivors.

Elizabeth J Polter, Christopher W Wheldon, B R Simon Rosser, Nidhi Kohli, Benjamin D Capistrant, Aditya Kapoor, Badrinath Konety, Darryl Mitteldorf, Michael Ross, Kristine M C Talley and 3 more

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Article in Psycho-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth J PolterDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.ORCID 0000-0001-7336-3492
Christopher W WheldonDivision of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
B R Simon RosserDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Nidhi KohliDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Benjamin D CapistrantSchool of Social Work, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-5841-6592
Aditya KapoorDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Badrinath KonetyDepartment of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Darryl MitteldorfMalecare Cancer Support, 85 Delancey Street (The Yard), New York, New York.
Michael RossDepartment of Family Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Kristine M C TalleySchool of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Loren TerveenDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
William WestDepartment of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Morgan M WrightDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
University of Minnesota · USCancerCare · USSmith College · USTemple University Health System · USUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

Understanding the Effects of Prostate Cancer on Gay and Bisexual MenR21CA182041 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ROSSER, B R SIMON · 2014 to 2015
$331k
NCI NIH HHS 1 R21 CA182041NCI NIH HHS CA182041NCI NIH HHS R21 CA182041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveProstate cancer is the most common invasive cancer in gay and bisexual men (GBM). Despite the unique sexual and urinary concerns of this group, studies of prostate cancer rehabilitation have primarily focused on heterosexual men. GBM also have high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which may be associated with lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We examined the association between HIV status and HRQOL in a cohort of GBM with prostate cancer.

methodsData from the Restore study, a cross-sectional online survey of GBM treated for prostate cancer, were used to examine this association. The Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) assessed function, bother, and summary measures in four domains: urinary, sexual, bowel, and hormone. Overall physical and mental HRQOL was assessed using the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). Multivariate analysis of variance and linear regression were used to evaluate the association between HIV status and HRQOL scores after adjustment for demographic and sexual characteristics.

resultsOf 192 participants, 24 (12.4%) reported an HIV diagnosis. After adjustment for covariates, HIV-positive status was associated with lower scores on the EPIC urinary (mean difference [MD]: -13.0, 95% CI, -21.4 to -4.6), sexual (MD: -12.5, 95% CI, -21.9 to -3.2), and bowel (MD: -5.9, 95% CI, -11.7 to -0.2) domains. No significant associations were observed between HIV status and other outcomes.

conclusionsHIV status may be associated with poorer urinary, sexual, and bowel HRQOL in GBM prostate cancer survivors.

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AgedBisexualityCancer SurvivorsComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProstatic NeoplasmsQuality of Lifecancercancer survivorshipHIVoncologyprostatic neoplasmsquality of lifesexual and gender minorities

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