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Improved cancer coping from a web‐based intervention for prostate cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial
- Source :
- Psychooncology
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES Prostate cancer (PCa) survivors report poor physical functioning alongside negative psychological outcomes as they cope with treatment side effects and practical concerns after treatment completion. This study evaluated PROGRESS, a web-based intervention designed to improve adaptive coping among PCa survivors. METHODS Localized PCa patients (N = 431) within one year of treatment completion were randomized to receive educational booklets or PROGRESS + educational booklets. Surveys completed at baseline, 1-, 3-, and 6-months assessed patient characteristics; functional quality of life and coping (primary outcomes); and psychosocial outcomes (e.g., self-efficacy, marital communication; secondary outcomes). Intent-to-treat and as-treated analyses were completed to assess change in outcomes from baseline to 6 months using linear mixed effects regression models. RESULTS In the intent-to-treat analyses, participants randomized to the intervention group had improved diversion coping (i.e., healthy redirection of worrying thoughts about their cancer), but more difficulties in marital communication (ps
- Subjects :
- Male
Coping (psychology)
medicine.medical_specialty
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Article
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
Prostate cancer
0302 clinical medicine
Cancer Survivors
Quality of life
Randomized controlled trial
law
Intervention (counseling)
Survivorship curve
Adaptation, Psychological
eHealth
Humans
Medicine
Survivors
030212 general & internal medicine
business.industry
Prostatic Neoplasms
medicine.disease
Psychiatry and Mental health
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Quality of Life
Physical therapy
business
Psychosocial
Internet-Based Intervention
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10991611 and 10579249
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psycho-Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....150d5f526fd7fc973499a6ce4ea6e0e5