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Educational interventions improved some quality of life outcomes in prostate cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.9.2.54

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    Lepore SJ, Helgeson VS, Eton DT, et al. Improving quality of life in men with prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial of group education interventions. Health Psychol 2003;22:443–52.
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 Q In men with prostate cancer, do educational interventions improve symptoms and quality of life (QOL) outcomes?

    Clinical impact ratings: IM/Oncology ★★★★★★☆

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageDesign:

    randomised controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    not concealed.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (data collectors).*

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    12 months.

    Embedded ImageSetting:

    11 urology and radiology clinics and hospitals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    279 men (mean age 65 y)† who had been treated for localised prostate cancer in the previous month, had no history of other cancer, and lived within a 1 hour drive of the intervention sites.

    Embedded ImageInterventions:

    education only (EO) (n = 84) consisting of 6 weekly 1 hour lectures on topics relevant to prostate cancer and printed summaries, education plus discussion (ED) (n = 86) consisting of the lecture series plus 45 minutes of group discussion facilitated by a clinical psychologist and …

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    Footnotes

    • ↵* See glossary.

    • ↵† Based on 250 patients in the analysis.

    • For correspondence: Dr S J Lepore, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. leporetc.columbia.edu

    • Source of funding: National Institutes of Health.

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