Prostate Cancer, Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
Conditions
Keywords
psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment, stage I prostate cancer, stage II prostate cancer, stage III prostate cancer
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Gathering information about symptom management from patients with localized prostate cancer may help doctors improve patients' quality of life. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying symptom management in African-American men with localized prostate cancer.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * Develop a symptom management intervention for African-American men treated for localized prostate cancer, with a particular emphasis on low health literacy men. OUTLINE: Participants are interviewed by the principal investigator over the phone or meet the principal investigator at the Veterans Administration prostate cancer clinic. If the interview is conducted in the clinic, it is held in a private room in the clinic.
Interventions
OTHERquestionnaire/survey administration
Sponsors
Baylor College of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Biopsy-proven localized prostate cancer * Has received treatment for prostate cancer * Patient self-identifies as being of African-American descent PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Able to speak and read in English * Has an address in order to receive study materials by mail (a street address or post office box) * Has either a telephone in order to be interviewed OR is able to meet the principal investigator at the Veterans Administration prostate clinic and be interviewed there PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Symptom management taxonomy | — |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed