title: "Between Men": a psychosocial rehabilitation programme for men with prostate cancer.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of psychosocial rehabilitation on newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. The "Between Men" programme consisted of seven weekly sessions of physical training (Phys) alone, information (Info) alone or physical training plus information (PhysInfo). After diagnoses, patients (n = 211) were consecutively included, stratified and randomised to one of four groups: Phys, Info, PhysInfo or standard care control (C). A nurse specialised in urology, an urologist and a physiotherapist performed the interventions. Patients were followed up during one year with mailed standardised questionnaires. It could not be assumed that the "Between Men" programme had any effect on patients' anxiety and depression (HADS). Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was associated with stage of disease but not with psychosocial intervention. Thus, Physical Function (PF), Role Function (RF) and Fatigue (FA) were inferior among patients with, than without, metastases of prostate cancer both at baseline and at the 12-month follow-up. This randomized study did not demonstrate any significant effect of psychosocial rehabilitation among prostate cancer patients. Considering the low rate (1/2), of included/eligible patients a less complicated design (intervention versus control) would have been preferred in order to increase power.
authors: Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, S-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden. gunilla.berglund@pubcare.uu.se
authors: Gunilla
authors: G
authors: Berglund
authors: Lena-Marie
authors: LM
authors: Petersson
authors: Karin C
authors: KC
authors: Eriksson
authors: Imke
authors: I
authors: Wallenius
authors: Afsaneh
authors: A
authors: Roshanai
authors: Karin M
authors: KM
authors: Nordin
authors: Per-Olow
authors: PO
authors: Sjödén
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Häggman
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires