Determinants of self-reported functional status (EPIC-26) in prostate cancer patients prior to treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The self-reported functional status (sr-FS) of prostate cancer (PCa) patients varies substantially between patients and health-care providers before treatment. Information about this issue is important for evaluating comparisons between health-care providers and to assist in treatment decision-making. There have been few reports on correlates of pretherapeutic sr-FS. The objective of the article, therefore, is to describe clinical and sociodemographic correlates of pretherapeutic sr-FS, based on a subset of the TrueNTH Global Registry, a prospective cohort study.

Methods

A total of 3094 PCa patients receiving local treatment in 44 PCa centers in Germany were recruited between July 2016 and April 2018. Multilevel regression models were applied to predict five prethera

SUBMITTER: Roth R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7858203 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature