Predictors of prostate cancer survivors' engagement in self-management behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prostate cancer survivors experience a multitude of late treatment effects, resulting in greater unmet needs, elevated symptom burden, and reduced quality of life. Survivors can engage in appropriate self-management strategies post-treatment to help reduce the symptom burden. The objectives of this study were to: 1) survey the unmet needs of prostate cancer survivors using the validated Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs instrument; 2) explore predictors of high unmet needs; and 3) investigate prostate cancer survivors' willingness to engage in self-management behaviors.

Methods

Survivors were recruited from a prostate clinic and a cross-sectional survey design was employed. Inclusion criteria was having completed treatment two years prior. Descriptive statistics were

SUBMITTER: Giannopoulos E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9970639 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature