title: Healthcare providers' perspectives of the supportive care needs of men with advanced prostate cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine healthcare providers' (HCPs') perceptions of the supportive care needs of men with advanced prostate cancer (APC).
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative, descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthcare facilities caring for men with APC in a south-central region of Ontario.
  
  
  METHODS
  19 nurses, physicians, and allied health providers who cared for men with APC in outpatient settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interviews and focus groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HCPs identified four themes related to men's supportive care needs: pain and symptom management, informational needs, emotional needs, and the need for practical assistance. HCPs emphasized issues related to pain, urinary incontinence, and fatigue. They also reported that men continually ask for more information related to treatment, side effects, and prognosis. PARTICIPANTS identified a variety of barriers in meeting supportive care needs, including lack of management strategies, poor knowledge retention, and the "stoic and old-school" nature of men in this population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Supportive care for this population can be improved through more focused implementation of interprofessional care, with clearly defined professional roles and additional specialized roles to address prostate cancer pain, urinary incontinence, and fatigue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Specialized roles in the management of pain, urinary incontinence, and fatigue affecting men with APC could be integrated into interprofessional care to meet supportive care needs.
authors: School of Nursing, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Carter
authors: School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Patricia A
authors: PA
authors: Miller
authors: School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Brittany R
authors: BR
authors: Murphy
authors: School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Victoria J
authors: VJ
authors: Payne
authors: School of Nursing, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Denise
authors: D
authors: Bryant-Lukosius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005221:Fatigue / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000523:psychology; D054526:Men's Health; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010045:Outpatients; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: nursing research; professional issues; prostate cancer; qualitative