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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
263
Supportive, educative sessions with patients and spouses.
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Wayne State University-Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, United States
William Beaumont Hospitals
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Quality of Life
Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
Threat appraisal
Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
Uncertainty
Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
Hopelessness
Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
Coping
Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
Family Communication
Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
Self-Efficacy
Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
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