201: Symptom Patterns and Quality of Life Reported by Men with Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen Deprivation Monotherapy: Data from Capsure™
Year: 2005
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: total score was 5.72.There were 9 (3.0%) patients with scores between 16 and 20 and 21 (7.1%) patients with scores greater than 20.The highest average score on any individual survey question indicated restless sleep.The average length of time since prostatectomy was 32.3 months.Of the 46 patients less than one year since surgery, 5 (10.9%) scored 16 or higher.A total of20 (6.7%) patients had recurrence of their cancer, and three (15%) scored 16 or above on the depression survey.All patients with a score exceeding 16 were referred for consultation with a psychiatrist specializing in cancer patients.Many patients expressed gratitude at having been asked about depression and saw this as a particularly kind gesture.CONCLUSIONS: Overall, only 10.1% of patients that had undergone radical prostatectomy had a score on the CES-D indicative of depressive symptoms.This compares favorably to 16% in the general geriatric population and 20% in head and neck cancer patients.While not statistically significant, there was a trend toward higher scores in the first year since surgery.The rate of depressive symptoms in patients with cancer recurrence was 50% greater than that seen in patients without recurrence, making this a significant risk factor for depression.
Source: The Journal of Urology
Language: English
Topic: Cancer survivorship and care
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2789756037