effectiveness evaluation of a self-management program for prostate cancer survivors

Conditions: Prostatic Neoplasms; Self-Management

Summary: objectives: this project aims to develop a self-management program for survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy and determine its effectiveness. methods: the investigators will develop a self-management program and conduct a study on survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy. and the investigators will test the effectiveness of the self-management program. after completing a pretest, participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. the self-management group will receive the self-management program for 12 weeks, whereas the information group will receive an information package on a healthy diet. posttests will be administered 12 and 16 weeks after the pretest. the study variables will include physical symptoms and bothers, cancer-related self-efficacy, social participation, demoralization, and resilience.

objectives: this project aims to develop a self-management program for survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy and determine its effectiveness. methods: the investigators will develop a self-management program and conduct a study on survivors with prostate cancer experiencing urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy. and the investigators will test the effectiveness of the self-management program. after completing a pretest, participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. the self-management group will receive the self-management program for 12 weeks, whereas the information group will receive an information package on a healthy diet. the self-management program is included a self-management application, a self-management manual, and professional support. the information package consists of a manual on a healthy diet and a multimedia film on a healthy diet. posttests will be administered 12 and 16 weeks after the pretest. the study variables will include physical symptoms and bothers, cancer-related self-efficacy, social participation, demoralization, and resilience. the statistical analyses will consist of independent sample t-tests, chi-squire, and generalized estimating equation analysis.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: prostate cancer survivors will include if they fit the following: * received radical prostatectomy and suffering from urinary incontinence for at least one week * eastern cooperative oncology group 0-1 point, able to walk entirely independently * have a smartphone or a tablet with a wireless network * their intimate partner or one of the family members willing to learn together * agreed to participate in the study and completed the informed consent form exclusion criteria: prostate cancer survivors will be excluded if they had one or more of the following: * a request, with the consideration of family members, that the medical team not tell the patient about the diagnosis or condition of the disease * a history of psychiatric illness, such as dementia, depression; schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder * suffer from other types of cancer and actively undergoing treatment

Keywords: prostate cancer self-management social participation resilience rear of cancer recurrence self-efficacy demoralization