Exercise and Psychosexual Education to Improve Sexual Function in Men With Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sexual dysfunction is a common adverse effect of prostate cancer treatment, and current management strategies do not adequately address physical and psychological causes. Exercise is a potential therapy in the management of sexual dysfunction.

Objective

To investigate the effects of supervised, clinic-based, resistance and aerobic exercise with and without a brief psychosexual education and self-management intervention (PESM) on sexual function in men with prostate cancer compared with usual care.

Design, setting, and participants

A 3-arm, parallel-group, single-center randomized clinical trial was undertaken at university-affiliated exercise clinics between July 24, 2014, and August 22, 2019. Eligible participants were men with prostate cancer who had prev

SUBMITTER: Galvao DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11904736 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature