ArticleNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2023
Quality of Life after Radical Prostatectomy: A Longitudinal Study.
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- Continence Recovery After Radical Prostatectomy: Personalized Rehabilitation and Predictors of Treatment Outcome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Surgical techniques for enhancing postoperative urinary continence in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a comprehensive review.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Review
- Clinical Predictors and Risk Factors of Gleason Score Upgrade: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of Nerve-Sparing Techniques on Prostate-Specific Antigen Persistence Following Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Multivariable Analysis of Clinical and Pathological Predictors.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Validity and reliability of the brief form of the normative male alexithymia scale among Chinese patients after radical prostatectomy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Phenotypic stratification predicts the pace, but not the outcome, of continence recovery after radical prostatectomy.PloS one · 2025Article
- Urinary Incontinence Following Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundMen with prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy experience a decrease in quality of life, often related to sexual disfunction and urinary incontinence. Knowing and measuring the impact of radical prostatectomy on the individual's social, emotional, and family quality of life could help to plan and develop an appropriate, patient-centred therapeutic approach.
aimIn this study, we aimed to evaluate changes in quality of life of patients with prostate cancer before and after radical prostatectomy.
methodsA longitudinal, observational study of 114 participants was conducted using the method of test-retest. Quality of life before and after radical prostatectomy was measured through the following self-administered questionnaires: (1) The EORTC QLQ-C30 in its Spanish version was used to assess the generic quality of life the participants; (2) the EORTC QLQ-PR25 in its Spanish version was used to assess the specific, health-related quality of life of prostate cancer patients.
resultsA total of 114 men took part in this study. The results from the QLQ-C30 questionnaire indicated an improvement in the dimensions of emotional role and cognitive function, as well as in the symptoms of fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, and loss of appetite, after surgery. Patients scored lower in the dimensions of role functioning, social function, and economic impact after radical prostatectomy. According to the results from the QLQ-PR25 questionnaire, 61.40% of the participants experienced sexual impotence and 26.31% suffered urinary incontinence after surgery. There were significant differences in some postsurgical outcomes between patients who had neurovascular bundles preserved and those who had not.
conclusionsIn-depth knowledge of, and measurement of changes in, quality of life after radical prostatectomy should allow for comprehensive, multidisciplinary, patient-centred care planning. Psychosocial assessment, both before and after surgery, is crucial in patients with prostate cancer. This study was prospectively registered with the CEIC-A on 2012-06-27, with registration number C.P.-C.I. PI12/0088.
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