Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
Prostate Cancer: Family Care for Patients and Spouses
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if a family-based intervention (The FOCUS Program) can improve the long-term quality of life and other psycho-social outcomes of men with prostate cancer and their spouses.
Full Description
The purpose of this study was to determine if a family-based intervention (The FOCUS Program) could improve the long-term quality of life and other psycho-social outcomes of men with prostate cancer and their spouse/partners. Aim 1. The first aim was to determine if the family intervention could improve several proximal clinical outcomes (less negative appraisal of illness or caregiving, less uncertainty, less hopelessness, better family communication, higher self-efficacy, and more problem-focused coping) and improve the distal clinical outcome, quality of life, in a culturally and economically diverse sample of men with prostate cancer and their spouses. Aim 2. The second aim was to test a stress-coping model designed to predict which prostate cancer patients and their spouses are at higher risk of poorer long-term quality of life.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer
Willing spousal partner
Speaks and understands English
Mentally and physically able to participate
Minimum life expectancy of 12 months
Lives within 70 miles
Exclusion Criteria:
Multiple primary cancers
Watchful waiting status
Spouse with cancer diagnosis in previous year
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There are 3 Locations for this study
Ann Arbor Michigan, 48109, United States
Detroit Michigan, 48202, United States
Royal Oak Michigan, 48073, United States
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