State of Play of Physiotherapy in the Postoperative Management of Prostate Cancer : Prospective, Monocentric, National Survey, Aiming to Explore the Technics of Physiotherapy (PREduKiné)

Overview

In France, a considerable number of radical prostactectomy for cancer is carried out every year.This number was estimated at 20.000 in 2016.This surgery may have negative impact on the continence's subjects and their quality of life. The rehabilitation, preoperative or postoperative, practiced by a physiotherapist, can reduced those side effects. The rehabilitation techniques are many and their efficacy may differ. No study where found about the clasification and evaluation of those rehabilitation techniques.

Investigator aim to create homogeneous clusters of subjects according to the rehabilitation techniques they have received during the preoperative or postoperative period, using a survey replied 6 months after the surgery. To achieve that goal, invesgator will call subjects conduct two interviews. The first interview will take place around one month after the radical prostatectomy and the second around 6 month after the surgery. During those interviews, investigator will question subjects about the rehabilitation techniques practiced on them, about their continence and quality of life. To evaluate the continence investigator will use the survey ICIQ-SF. To evaluate the quality of life, investagator will use the survey KHQ-HR Qol.

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