Patients are dissatisfied with information provision: perceived information provision and quality of life in prostate cancer patients

Objective To determine the satisfaction with information received by prostate cancer survivors and associations with health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and illness perception. Methods A cross‐sectional study was performed among 999 patients diagnosed between 2006 and 2009. All patients received...

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Published in:Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2016-06, Vol.25 (6), p.633-640
Main Authors: Lamers, Romy E. D., Cuypers, Maarten, Husson, Olga, de Vries, Marieke, Kil, Paul J. M., Ruud Bosch, J. L. H., van de Poll-Franse, Lonneke V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Antiretroviral drugs
Associations
Coherence
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emotional well being
Emotions
Functional impairment
health related quality of life
Health status
Humans
illness perception
Illnesses
Information sharing
Male
Middle Aged
oncology
Patient education
Patient Education as Topic
patient information satisfaction
Patient Satisfaction
Perceptions
Personal control
Physical ability
Prospective Studies
Prostate
Prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Questionnaires
Response rates
Social functioning
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survivor
Survivors - psychology
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Summary:Objective To determine the satisfaction with information received by prostate cancer survivors and associations with health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and illness perception. Methods A cross‐sectional study was performed among 999 patients diagnosed between 2006 and 2009. All patients received a questionnaire on HRQoL (EORTC QLQ‐C30), illness perception (B‐IPQ) and satisfaction with information provision (EORTC QLQ‐INFO‐25). Multivariate regression analyses were performed to assess the association between satisfaction with information provision and HRQoL as well as illness perception. Results Response rate was 70% (N = 697), 34% (N = 222) indicated to be dissatisfied with the information received. Multivariate linear regression analyses showed a significant positive association between satisfaction with information provision and global health (P = 
ISSN:1057-9249
1099-1611
DOI:10.1002/pon.3981