Psychosocial Longitudinal Study Profile and Distress of Couples in Relation to the Conduct of Prostate Biopsy

摘要: Objective: Partners of prostate cancer patients have been reported to suffer from high levels psychological distress, although there are few reports the changes in their distress observed before and after diagnosis factors influencing them. This study constructed a longitudinal psychosocial database biopsy subjects partners. paper describes summary nature severity cancer-related worry. Methods: We distributed self-administered questionnaires scheduled for partners on four occasions: prior biopsy, 1, 3 6 months being informed whether was or not. The included questions pertaining worry correlational factors. Results: Of 240 couples who agreed participate project, 184 completed fi rst second surveys; thus, consists While no signif icant differences were found among participants had significantly higher as compared with non-prostate at 1 month Conclusions: Our findings suggest that might experience similar impact diagnosis.