Lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with prostate cancer under and after intensity-modulated radiation therapy.

Autor: Hayama Y; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan.; Miyakojima IGRT Clinic, Osaka, Japan., Doi H; Miyakojima IGRT Clinic, Osaka, Japan.; Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan., Hasegawa T; Miyakojima IGRT Clinic, Osaka, Japan., Minami Y; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan., Ichimura N; Kindai University Nara Hospital, Nara, Japan., Koike M; Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan., Shiomi H; Miyakojima IGRT Clinic, Osaka, Japan., Oh RJ; Miyakojima IGRT Clinic, Osaka, Japan., Oishi F; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Seirei Christopher University, Shizuoka, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Lower urinary tract symptoms [Low Urin Tract Symptoms] 2019 Apr; Vol. 11 (2), pp. O127-O134. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 16.
DOI: 10.1111/luts.12230
Abstrakt: Objective: The aim of the present study was to collect data on the characteristics, degree, and natural course of urinary complications, as well as self-care for such complications, in patients during and after prostate intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
Methods: Quality of life data were collected retrospectively for all eligible patients who underwent IMRT. In all eligible patients, urinary symptoms were evaluated using questionnaires and face-to-face interview. Participants were asked to respond to a self-administered questionnaire concerning the core lower urinary tract symptom score during the course of IMRT and up to 12 months after the completion of IMRT.
Results: In all, 29 eligible patients were included in the study. The frequency of urinary symptoms increased over of the course of IMRT, decreased at ≥3 months after completion of IMRT, and disappeared 6 months after IMRT. Responses to the questionnaire revealed a variety of approaches to self-care and adaptations by patients to manage urinary symptoms.
Conclusions: During and after IMRT for localized prostate cancer, patients often developed more frequent urination and urgency than at the start of IMRT, and recovered 3-6 months after the completion of IMRT. Based on the present study, clinicians and nurses could help convey this information to patients and thus offer better support.
(© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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