Nurse-led group consultation intervention reduces depressive symptoms in men with localised prostate cancer: A cluster randomised controlled trial

P Schofield; K Gough; K Lotfi-Jam; R Bergin; A Ugalde; P Dudgeon; W Crellin; K Schubach; F Foroudi; KH Tai; G Duchesne; R Sanson-Fisher; S Aranda

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Nurse-led group consultation intervention reduces depressive symptoms in men with localised prostate cancer: A cluster randomised controlled trial

P Schofield, K Gough, K Lotfi-Jam, R Bergin, A Ugalde, P Dudgeon, W Crellin, K Schubach, F Foroudi, KH Tai, G Duchesne, R Sanson-Fisher, S Aranda

BMC Cancer | BMC | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2687-1

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Abstract

Background: Radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer has many known and distressing side effects. The efficacy of group interventions for reducing psychological morbidity is lacking. This study investigated the relative benefits of a group nurse-led intervention on psychological morbidity, unmet needs, treatment-related concerns and prostate cancer-specific quality of life in men receiving curative intent radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Methods: This phase III, two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial included 331 men (consent rate: 72 %; attrition: 5 %) randomised to the intervention (n = 166) or usual care (n = 165). The intervention comprised four group and one individual consultat..

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This work was supported by the Cancer Council of Victoria and Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (grant number 509143). The funding bodies played no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.