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dc.contributor.authorChambers, Suzanne K
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Megan
dc.contributor.authorGardiner, RA
dc.contributor.authorAitken, Joanne
dc.contributor.authorOcchipinti, Stefano
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-06T05:51:12Z
dc.date.available2019-02-06T05:51:12Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-08-28T22:17:00Z
dc.identifier.issn1057-9249
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pon.3095
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/47772
dc.description.abstractBackground: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the Western world with welldescribed negative effects from treatments. However, outcomes are highly heterogeneous. A Phase 3 trial of a psycho-educational intervention was undertaken, aiming to reduce cancer-specific and decisionrelated distress and improve quality of life for men newly diagnosed with localised prostate cancer. Methods: Seven hundred forty (81.7%) men were recruited after diagnosis and before treatment and randomised to a tele-based nurse-delivered five-session psycho-educational intervention (N= 372) or usual care (N= 368). Participants were assessed before treatment and 2, 6, 12 and 24 months post-treatment. Outcome measures included cancer-specific and decision-related distress, cognitive judgmental adjustment, subjective well-being, and domain-specific and health-related quality of life. Social support was assessed as a potential moderator. Results: No unconditioned effects were found. Classification analyses on pre-randomisation measures distinguished three subgroups: younger, higher education and income men (N= 290); younger, lower education and incomemen (N= 106); and older men (N= 344). Younger, higher education and income men showed positive intervention effects for cancer-specific distress ( p = 0.008) and mental health ( p = 0.042). By contrast, for younger, lower education men, participation in the intervention was associated with decreases in cognitive judgmental adjustment over time ( p = 0.006). Conclusions: Response to intervention and adjustment over time varied according to previous sexual functioning, age, educational level and income. How to best intervene with younger, low education, low income men with prostate cancer is a critical future research question.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1025
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1034
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsycho-Oncology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume22
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOncology and carcinogenesis
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3211
dc.titleIntervening to improve psychological outcomes for men with prostate cancer
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChambers, Suzanne K.


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