ADJUSTMENT TO PROSTATE CANCER

心理教育支助小组，这似乎是有效的， 提高其他癌症人群的生活质量， 对前列腺癌患者有益。 本研究旨在：（1） 比较两种PSG对生活质量结局的相对影响， 男性前列腺癌患者（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 通过两个建议的调解人-增强认知处理和 提高个人控制感（自我效能）;（3）确定 教育+同伴讨论是否能提高生活质量， 通过进一步增强认知过程， 是否特定的人（即，支助需求未得到满足的人） 可能比其他人受益于增加同行讨论， 教育 到目前为止，还没有关于 心理教育支助小组对男性的生活质量， 前列腺癌 研究小组的初步数据表明，前列腺 癌症患者主要希望了解疾病和如何管理 治疗的副作用。 在这项拟议的研究中，252名接受前列腺癌治疗的男性将接受 随机分配到三个条件之一：教育，教育+ 对照组（Control Group）（仅测量）。 调查人员将 针对三种情况召集七个小组，每组12人。 干预小组将连续六周每周举行一次会议。 生活质量和中介变量（例如，知觉控制，认知的 处理）将在干预前测量一次， 干预后6周、6个月和12个月。 初步数据 来自对前列腺癌男性（n=181）和随机分组的调查 采用干预（教育+讨论与对照; n=24）， 确定干预措施的内容，测试概念模型， 并证明运行这种方法的可行性和有效性， 前列腺癌的治疗方法

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.