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- Title
Psychosocial Distress in the Early Recovery Period after Radical Prostatectomy.
- Authors
Kozaris, Raphael; Hanske, Julian; von Landenberg, Nicolas; Berg, Sebastian; Roghmann, Florian; Brock, Marko; Noldus, Joachim; Müller, Guido
- Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate psychosocial distress in the context of continence and oncological outcome during the early recovery period after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer. Patients and Methods: Retrospectively collected data from 587 patients who underwent inpatient rehabilitation after RP in 2016 and 2017 were analyzed. Psychosocial distress (measured by using a Questionnaire on Stress in Cancer Patients [QSC-R10]) and continence status (urine loss on a 24-h pad test and urine volume on uroflowmetry) were evaluated at the beginning (T1) and end (T2) of a 3-week inpatient rehabilitation. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify predictors for high distress (QSC-R10 score ≥15). Results: The median patient age was 65 years. At the start of rehabilitation, 204 patients (34.8%) demonstrated high distress. Psychosocial distress decreased significantly (p < 0.001) from a median of 11.0 at T1 (median 16 days after surgery) to a median of 6.0 at T2 (median 37 days after surgery). Complete continence increased significantly (p < 0.001) from 39.0% at T1 to 58.9% at T2. The median urine volume increased significantly (p < 0.001) from 161 mL at T1 to 230 mL at T2. Often, distress is higher in younger patients, whereas incontinence is higher in older patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified age ≤69 years (p = 0.001) and tumor stage ≥pT3 (p = 0.006) as independent predictors of high distress. Conclusions: Distress and incontinence decreased significantly during the 3 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation after RP. Patient age ≤69 years and tumor stage ≥pT3 are independent predictors of high psychosocial distress.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; RADICAL prostatectomy; OLDER patients; LOGISTIC regression analysis; TUMOR classification
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 2022, Vol 106, Issue 9, p891
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000519483