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"I wish I'd told them": a qualitative study examining the unmet psychosexual needs of prostate cancer patients during follow-up after treatment

O'Brien, Rosaleen, Rose, Peter, Campbell, Christine, Weller, David, Neal, Richard D., Wilkinson, Clare Elizabeth, Mcintosh, Heather and Watson, Eila 2011. "I wish I'd told them": a qualitative study examining the unmet psychosexual needs of prostate cancer patients during follow-up after treatment. Patient Education and Counseling 84 (2) , pp. 200-207. 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.006

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Abstract

Objective To gain insight into patients’ experiences of follow-up care aftertreatment for prostatecancer and identify unmetpsychosexualneeds. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 35 patients aged 59–82 from three UK regions. Partners were included in 18 interviews. Data were analyzed using constant comparison. Results (1) Psychosexual problems gained importance over time, (2) men felt they were rarely invited to discuss psychosexual side effects within follow-up appointments and lack of rapport with health care professionals made it difficult to raise problems themselves, (3) problems were sometimes concealed or accepted and professionals’ attempts to explore potential difficulties were resisted by some, and (4) older patients were too embarrassed to raise psychosexual concerns as they felt they would be considered ‘too old’ to be worried about the loss of sexual function. Conclusion Men with prostatecancer, even the very elderly, have psychosexual issues for variable times after diagnosis. These are not currently always addressed at the appropriate time for the patient. Practice implications Assessments of psychosexual problems should take place throughout the follow-up period, and not only at the time of initial treatment. Further research examining greater willingness or reluctance to engage with psychosexual interventions may be particularly helpful in designing future interventions.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Prostate; Cancer; Follow-up; Psychosexual; Qualitative; Partners
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0738-3991
Last Modified: 06 Jul 2023 01:34
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/27086

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