TY - JOUR T1 - Educational interventions improved some quality of life outcomes in prostate cancer JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 54 LP - 54 DO - 10.1136/ebm.9.2.54 VL - 9 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2004/03/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/9/2/54.abstract N2 - 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.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science 
 
 Q In men with prostate cancer, do educational interventions improve symptoms and quality of life (QOL) outcomes? Clinical impact ratings: IM/Oncology ★★★★★★☆ Design: randomised controlled trial. Allocation: not concealed.* Blinding: blinded (data collectors).* Follow up period: 12 months. Setting: 11 urology and radiology clinics and hospitals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Patients: 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. Interventions: 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 … ER -