Comparing virtual and in-person training for intracavernosal injection therapy in a multidisciplinary sexual health clinic within a prostate cancer survivorship program.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Sexual Health Clinic (SHC) offered by the Prostate Cancer Supportive Care (PCSC) Program delivers sexual health therapies for prostate cancer (PCa) patients and their partners. Since April 2020, training for using intracavernosal injections (ICI) to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) has been offered either in-person or by virtual appointments. This study's primary objective was to assess the effectiveness of virtual compared to in-person ICI training by analyzing clinical and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) within each group.

Methods

This is a retrospective, ethics-approved chart review of all patients who received ICI training between January 2019 and April 2023. PROs collected were obtained prospectively during routine clinical care. Outcomes, including PRO

SUBMITTER: Nguyen AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12453883 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature