Coping strategies in active and inactive men with prostate cancer: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prostate cancer can result in a shift in the way men perceive their masculinity. Despite the interest in exercise as a treatment strategy to address masculinity concerns, there is insufficient information about how perceptions may differ in active and inactive men. The aim of this study was to explore how exercise might influence self-perceptions of masculinity in men across the exercise continuum (from active to inactive) and in men receiving different forms of treatment for their prostate cancer, including androgen deprivation therapy.

Methods

Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 men. Ten men met aerobic and/or resistance guidelines and were considered active, while five men, considered inactive, reached neither guideline. This study used a

SUBMITTER: Langelier DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8964636 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature