Influence of Men’s Personality and Social Support on Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer

Background. Optimal treatment for localized prostate cancer (LPC) is controversial. We assessed the effects of personality, specialists seen, and involvement of spouse, family, or friends on treatment decision/decision-making qualities. Methods. We surveyed a population-based sample of men ≤ 75 year...

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Published in:BioMed research international 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-8
Main Authors: Liu, Joe, Holmes-Rovner, Margaret, Yang, Felix, Reamer, Elyse, Xu, Jinping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer patients
Cancer therapies
Care and treatment
Clinical Decision-Making
Decision making
Demography
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Medicine
Men
Mens health
Middle Aged
Patients
Personality
Personality traits
Pessimism
Physicians
Population
Prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology
Psychological aspects
Response rates
Sample size
Social networks
Social Support
Studies
Surgery
Surveillance
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Summary:Background. Optimal treatment for localized prostate cancer (LPC) is controversial. We assessed the effects of personality, specialists seen, and involvement of spouse, family, or friends on treatment decision/decision-making qualities. Methods. We surveyed a population-based sample of men ≤ 75 years with newly diagnosed LPC about treatment choice, reasons for the choice, decision-making difficulty, satisfaction, and regret. Results. Of 160 men (71 black, 89 white), with a mean age of 61 (±7.3) years, 59% chose surgery, 31% chose radiation, and 10% chose active surveillance (AS)/watchful waiting (WW). Adjusting for age, race, comorbidity, tumor risk level, and treatment status, men who consulted friends during decision-making were more likely to choose curative treatment (radiation or surgery) than WW/AS (OR = 11.1, p
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2017/1467056