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dc.contributor.authorChambers, Suzanne K
dc.contributor.authorSchover, Leslie
dc.contributor.authorHalford, Kim
dc.contributor.authorClutton, Samantha
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Megan
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Louisa
dc.contributor.authorGardiner, RA
dc.contributor.authorOcchipinti, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Jeff
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:50:22Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:50:22Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2009-05-13T07:45:51Z
dc.identifier.issn1471-2407
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2407-8-226
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/22927
dc.description.abstractBackground: Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the Western world. The most substantial long term morbidity from this cancer is sexual dysfunction with consequent adverse changes in couple and intimate relationships. Research to date has not identified an effective way to improve sexual and psychosocial adjustment for both men with prostate cancer and their partners. As well, the efficacy and cost effectiveness of peer counselling as opposed to professional models of service delivery has not yet been empirically tested. This paper presents the design of a three arm randomised controlled trial (peer vs. nurse counselling vs. usual care) that will evaluate the efficacy of two couples-based sexuality interventions (ProsCan for Couples: Peer support vs. nurse counselling) on men's and women's sexual and psychosocial adjustment after surgical treatment for localised prostate cancer; in addition to cost-effectiveness. Methods/design: Seventy couples per condition (210 couples in total) will be recruited after diagnosis and before treatment through urology private practices and hospital outpatient clinics and randomised to (1) usual care; (2) eight sessions of peer-delivered telephone support with DVD education; and (3) eight sessions of oncology nurse-delivered telephone counselling with DVD education. Two intervention sessions will be delivered before surgery and six over the six months post-surgery. The intervention will utilise a cognitive behavioural approach along with couple relationship education focussed on relationship enhancement and helping the couple to conjointly manage the stresses of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Participants will be assessed at baseline (before surgery) and 3, 6 and 12 months post-surgery. Outcome measures include: Sexual adjustment; unmet sexuality supportive care needs; attitudes to sexual help seeking; psychological adjustment; benefit finding and quality of life. Discussion: The study will provide recommendations about the efficacy of peer support vs. nurse counselling to facilitate better sexual and couple adjustment after prostate cancer as well as recommendations on whether the interventions represent efficient health service delivery. 頲008 Chambers et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd
dc.publisher.placeLondon, England
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom226:1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto226:8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBMC Cancer
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOncology and carcinogenesis
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3211
dc.titleProsCan for Couples: Randomised controlled trial of a couples-based sexuality intervention for men with localised prostate cancer who receive radical prostatectomy
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 Chambers et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorChambers, Suzanne K.


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