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Men treated for prostate cancer did not consider urinary, bowel, or sexual dysfunction as problems of health

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.1.32

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    Korfage IJ, Hak T, de Koning HJ, et al. Patients’ perceptions of the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment—a qualitative interview study. Soc Sci Med 2006;63:911–9.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q How do men who have been treated for prostate cancer perceive the side effects of urinary, bowel, and sexual dysfunction?

    DESIGN

    Qualitative study.

    SETTING

    University Medical Centre Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

    PARTICIPANTS

    33 men 60–74 years of age who had been treated for prostate cancer and had experienced urinary, bowel, or sexual dysfunctions after, but not before, treatment. All men were recruited from a cohort of prostate cancer patients who had completed self report questionnaires before treatment and at 6 month, 12 month, and 5 year follow up. Questionnaires included disease specific and generic quality of life (QOL) measures. Responses indicated both high levels of dysfunction and high generic scores.

    METHODS

    Face-to-face semistructured interviews were conducted at a mean of 5–6 years after prostate cancer treatment. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. To explore the discrepancy …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr I J Korfage, Department of Public Health, ErasmusMC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. i.korfage{at}erasmusmc.nl

    • Source of funding: Dutch Cancer Society.