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ArticleThe world journal of men's health2025

A Systematic Review of the Association between Psychological Resilience and Improved Psychosocial Outcomes in Prostate Cancer Patients: Could Resilience Training Have a Potential Role?

David Robert Harry Christie, Christopher Francis Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika

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Article in The world journal of men's health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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

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  5. Exploring the relationship between postoperative psychological resilience and symptom burden in esophageal cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David Robert Harry ChristieGenesisCare, Tugun, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-8751
Christopher Francis SharpleyBrain-Behaviour Research Group, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-4848
Vicki BitsikaBrain-Behaviour Research Group, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2518-6684
University of New England · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeA high incidence of psychosocial problems in prostate cancer patients has been reported including anxiety, depression and distress. These can add to the patients' disease burden and have been associated with unfavorable cancer treatment outcomes. Interventions designed to address them have found limited success, but psychological resilience (PR) training has never been formally tested. The measurement of PR in prostate cancer patients has been described and has been associated with more favorable psychosocial outcomes in these patients but it has never been systematically reviewed. The aim of this study was to conduct the first systematic review of those studies that have measured it using standardized scales and to determine the potential for resilience training to help overcome the significant psychosocial problems faced by prostate cancer patients. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe searched the literature to identify articles that measured PR among prostate cancer patients.

resultsOf 384 articles identified by the search criteria, there were 19 studies suitable for inclusion regarding 5,417 patients. The most commonly-used scale was the original Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, or an abbreviated version of it. Possible scores range from 0 to 100, mean scores from these studies ranged from 72.9 to 87.1 (standard deviations varied between 13.2 and 16.3). PR was consistently associated with improved psychological outcomes including depression, anxiety and distress, although these were measured with a wide variety of methods making it difficult to quantify the effects. There was also evidence of PR mediating the physical effects of prostate cancer and treatment including urinary symptoms, fatigue and insomnia.

conclusionsAs resilience training has been successful in other cancer settings, it seems likely that it could improve the significant adverse psychosocial outcomes that have been reported in prostate cancer patients and trials designed to objectively test it should be encouraged.

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Cancer survivorsNeoplasmsProstateProstatic neoplasmsResilience, psychological

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