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. 2016 Apr 13;3(2):216-227.
doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2016.2.216. eCollection 2016.

Prostate Cancer Survivors: Physical, Emotional and Practical Concerns from the LIVESTRONG Survey

Prajakta Adsul  1 , Oussama M Darwish  2 , Sameer Siddiqui  2
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Prostate Cancer Survivors: Physical, Emotional and Practical Concerns from the LIVESTRONG Survey

Prajakta Adsul et al. AIMS Public Health. .

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether a relationship exists between types of treatment received and/or survivorship status of prostate cancer survivors with physical, emotional, and practical concerns that they experience with the hypothesis that no such relationship exists.

Methods: We analyzed data from the 2010 LIVESTRONG survey for cancer survivors which queried their physical, emotional, and practical concerns. This previously tested survey was administered between June 20, 2010 and March 31, 2011 on the LIVESTRONG.org website. Survivorship status was categorized as reported by the respondents: currently on treatment; living with cancer as a chronic condition; finished treatment less than 1 year ago; 1-5 years ago and; more than 5 years ago. Four categories were established for the types of treatment received: surgery, radiation, hormonal, and combination therapies. One-way ANOVA's were conducted to detect differences between groups and descriptive statistics were reported.

Results: Of 2,307 respondents overall, only 281 males were included in this study based on self-reported primary diagnosis of prostate cancer and US residency status. The mean age of respondents was 60 years (SD = 8.54 years) and majority were white (90%). One-way ANOVA detected significant differences between the number of physical (p = 0.02), emotional (p = 0.04), and practical (p = 0.00) concerns for patients receiving different treatments. When compared across the survivorship trajectory, only number of practical concerns (p = 0.00) experienced by prostate cancer survivors were significantly different.

Conclusions: Study findings highlight significant differences in number of concerns experienced by the patients based on their survivorship stage and the type of treatment received. Incorporating strategies to address the differences in physical, emotional, and practical concerns are essential to help physicians and clinical team members provide high quality post treatment survivorship care.

Keywords: outcomes; prostate cancer; survivorship.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in this article.

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