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Facilitating research participation and improving quality of life for African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. A pilot study of telephone-based coping skills training.

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Campbell, LC; Keefe, FJ; Scipio, C; McKee, DC; Edwards, CL; Herman, SH; Johnson, LE; Colvin, OM; McBride, CM; Donatucci, C
Published in: Cancer
January 15, 2007

African American men experience worse prostate cancer outcomes compared with those of Caucasian men, not only in incidence and mortality rates, but also in coping with the side effects of treatment. Unfortunately, African American men have been significantly under-represented in research evaluating the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for improving coping in prostate cancer survivors. This pilot study explored the feasibility and efficacy of coping skills training (CST), an intervention developed to enhance coping with treatment side effects in a sample of African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. The intervention was delivered in a telephone-based format designed to facilitate research participation. A total of 40 couples were randomized to either 6 sessions of CST or usual care. Survivors completed measures of disease-specific quality of life (QOL) related to urinary, sexual, bowel, and hormonal symptom domains, as well as measures of global QOL (i.e., physical functioning and mental health). Partners completed measures of caregiver strain, mood, and vigor. Analysis of data from 30 couples (12 couples in CST, 18 couples in usual care) indicated that CST produced moderate to large treatment effects for QOL related to bowel, urinary, sexual, and hormonal symptoms. Partners who underwent CST reported less caregiver strain, depression, and fatigue, and more vigor, with moderate effect sizes observed that approached conventional levels of statistical significance. These preliminary findings suggest that telephone-based CST is a feasible approach that can successfully enhance coping inAfrican American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. Cancer 2007. (c) 2006 American Cancer Society.

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Cancer

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0008-543X

Publication Date

January 15, 2007

Volume

109

Issue

2 Suppl

Start / End Page

414 / 424

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Survivors
  • Quality of Life
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Pilot Projects
  • Patient Participation
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Campbell, L. C., Keefe, F. J., Scipio, C., McKee, D. C., Edwards, C. L., Herman, S. H., … Donatucci, C. (2007). Facilitating research participation and improving quality of life for African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. A pilot study of telephone-based coping skills training. Cancer, 109(2 Suppl), 414–424. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.22355
Campbell, Lisa C., Francis J. Keefe, Cindy Scipio, Daphne C. McKee, Christopher L. Edwards, Steven H. Herman, Lawrence E. Johnson, O Michael Colvin, Colleen M. McBride, and Craig Donatucci. “Facilitating research participation and improving quality of life for African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. A pilot study of telephone-based coping skills training.Cancer 109, no. 2 Suppl (January 15, 2007): 414–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.22355.
Campbell LC, Keefe FJ, Scipio C, McKee DC, Edwards CL, Herman SH, Johnson LE, Colvin OM, McBride CM, Donatucci C. Facilitating research participation and improving quality of life for African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. A pilot study of telephone-based coping skills training. Cancer. 2007 Jan 15;109(2 Suppl):414–424.
Journal cover image

Published In

Cancer

DOI

ISSN

0008-543X

Publication Date

January 15, 2007

Volume

109

Issue

2 Suppl

Start / End Page

414 / 424

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Survivors
  • Quality of Life
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Pilot Projects
  • Patient Participation
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans