ADJUSTMENT TO PROSTATE CANCER

心理教育支持小组(PSGs)，这似乎在 提高其他癌症人群的生活质量，也可能是 对前列腺癌男性有益。建议的研究旨在：(1) 比较两种PSG对老年人生活质量结果的相对影响 患有前列腺癌的男性(教育与教育+同行讨论 与对照组相比)；(2)测试PSG是否提高生活质量 通过两个建议的中介--增强的认知处理和 提高个人控制感(自我效能感)；以及(3)决定 教育+同龄人讨论是否会提高生活质量 通过进一步加强认知处理，超越单纯的教育，或者 特定的人(即那些有未得到满足的支持需求的人)是否 比其他人更有可能从加入同行讨论中受益 教育。到目前为止，还没有关于这种影响的可靠研究。 心理教育支持小组对患有癌症的男性的生活质量 前列腺癌。研究小组的初步数据表明，前列腺癌 癌症患者主要想要了解这种疾病以及如何处理 治疗的负面副作用。 在这项拟议的研究中，252名接受前列腺癌治疗的男性将 随机分配到三个条件之一：教育，教育+ 讨论，或控制组(仅限测量)。调查人员将 召集七组人，每组12人，分别用于三种情况。 干预小组将每周举行一次会议，连续六周。 生活质量和中介变量(例如，感知控制、认知 处理)将在干预前测量一次，并再次测量2次 干预后数周、6个月和12个月。初步数据 来自对患有前列腺癌的男性(n=181)和随机组的调查 干预(教育+讨论与对照；n=24)用于 确定干预的内容，以检验概念模型， 并证明经营这些项目的可行性和有效性。 前列腺癌男性团体。

Psychoeducational support groups (PSGs), which appear to be effective in enhancing quality of life in other cancer populations, may also be beneficial to men with prostate cancer. The proposed study aims to: (1) compare the relative effects of two PSGs on quality of life outcomes in men with prostate cancer (education versus education + peer discussion versus control group); (2) test whether PSGs enhance quality of life through two proposed mediators--enhanced cognitive processing and increases in perceived personal control (self-efficacy); and (3) determine whether education + peer discussion enhances quality of life above and beyond education alone by further enhancing cognitive processing, or whether particular people (i.e., those with unmet support needs) are more likely to benefit than others from the addition of peer discussion to education. To date, there have been no solid studies on the effects of psychoeducational support groups on the quality of life of men with prostate cancer. The study team's preliminary data suggest that prostate cancer patients mainly want education about the disease and how to manage the negative side-effects of treatment. In the proposed study, 252 men treated for prostate cancer will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: education, education plus discussion, or control group (measurement only). The investigators will convene seven groups of 12 men for each of the three conditions. intervention groups will meet once a week for six consecutive weeks. Quality of life and mediator variables (e.g., perceived control, cognitive processing) will be measured once before the interventions and again 2 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after the interventions. Preliminary data from a survey of men with prostate cancer (n=181) and a randomized group intervention (education + discussion versus control; n=24) were used to determine the content of the interventions, to test the conceptual model, and to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of running such groups for men with prostate cancer.