Role, race, and place: Prostate cancer disparities in Patients' and Partners' health outcomes and psychosocial factors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to examine the effects of participant role (patient vs. partner), race (white vs. non-white), and place (less vs. more neighborhood deprivation) on health outcomes (quality of life [QOL] and symptoms) and stress-coping-related psychosocial factors (appraisals of illness and coping resources).

Methods

This descriptive study included 273 patients and their partners (dyads) who transitioned from PCa treatment to self-management. We used established, psychometrically sound measures to assess health outcomes and psychosocial factors and conducted multilevel modeling analyses.

Results

Compared to partners, patients reported worse physical QOL; less frequent anxiety; less pain and fatigue; less bothersome hormonal problems; more bothersome urinary an

SUBMITTER: Song L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10166971 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature