Development and Effectiveness Evaluation of a Self-management Program for Prostate Cancer Survivors
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Enrollment
- 85
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Cancer related self-efficacy
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Objectives: This project aims to develop a self-management program for survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy and determine its effectiveness.
Methods: The investigators will develop a self-management program and conduct a study on survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy. And the investigators will test the effectiveness of the self-management program. After completing a pretest, participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. The self-management group will receive the self-management program for 12 weeks, whereas the information group will receive an information package on a healthy diet. Posttests will be administered 12 and 16 weeks after the pretest. The study variables will include physical symptoms and bothers, cancer-related self-efficacy, social participation, demoralization, and resilience.
Detailed Description
Objectives: This project aims to develop a self-management program for survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy and determine its effectiveness. Methods: The investigators will develop a self-management program and conduct a study on survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy. And the investigators will test the effectiveness of the self-management program. After completing a pretest, participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. The self-management group will receive the self-management program for 12 weeks, whereas the information group will receive an information package on a healthy diet. The self-management program is included a self-management application, a self-management manual, and professional support. The information package consists of a manual on a healthy diet and a multimedia film on a healthy diet. Posttests will be administered 12 and 16 weeks after the pretest. The study variables will include physical symptoms and bothers, cancer-related self-efficacy, social participation, demoralization, and resilience. The statistical analyses will consist of independent sample t-tests, Chi-squire, and generalized estimating equation analysis.
Investigators
Ching-Hui Chien
RN, PhD, Professor
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Prostate cancer survivors will include if they fit the following:
- •Received radical prostatectomy and suffering from urinary incontinence for at least one week
- •Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group 0-1 point, able to walk entirely independently
- •Have a smartphone or a tablet with a wireless network
- •Their intimate partner or one of the family members willing to learn together
- •Agreed to participate in the study and completed the informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria
- •Prostate cancer survivors will be excluded if they had one or more of the following:
- •A request, with the consideration of family members, that the medical team not tell the patient about the diagnosis or condition of the disease
- •A history of psychiatric illness, such as dementia, depression; schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder
- •Suffer from other types of cancer and actively undergoing treatment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Cancer related self-efficacy
Time Frame: 16 weeks after the pretest
The Mandarin version of the Cancer Survivors' Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) will be used to evaluate the cancer-specific self-efficacy of participants.The total score ranges from 11 to 110; the lower the score, the worse the self-efficacy.
Secondary Outcomes
- Urinary symptoms and bothers(16 weeks after the pretest)
- Social participation(16 weeks after the pretest)
- Demoralization(16 weeks after the pretest)
- Resilience(16 weeks after the pretest)