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- Title
Health-Related Quality of Life of Prostate Cancer Patients Compared to the General German Population: Age-Specific Results.
- Authors
Zenger, Markus; Hinz, Andreas; Stolzenburg, Jens-Uwe; Rabenalt, Robert; Schwalenberg, Thilo; Schwarz, Reinhold
- Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the age-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of prostate cancer patients (PCPs). Patients and Methods: 387 PCPs were asked to self-assess their HRQOL with the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire. Patients’ data were compared with those of the general German population. Results: The reported global health/QOL scores of the study group and the general German population are nearly equal. However, most of the subdomains of HRQOL are negatively affected in PCPs, especially in younger patients (≤59 years). Conclusion: Medical professionals should pay more attention to the emotional burden of PCPs, because their stress and strains during the time before treatment have a rather more emotional than physical character. Copyright © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
GERMANY; QUALITY of life; CANCER patients; PROSTATE cancer; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress; QUESTIONNAIRES; MEDICAL personnel
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 2009, Vol 83, Issue 2, p166
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000230018