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dc.contributor.authorSharpley, Chrisen
dc.contributor.authorBitsika, Vickien
dc.contributor.authorChristie, David R Hen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-14T16:42:00Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Men's Health, 8(1), p. 56-65en
dc.identifier.issn1875-6859en
dc.identifier.issn1875-6867en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9699-
dc.description.abstractBackground: The elevated anxiety and depression experienced by prostate cancer (PCa) patients can impair their decision-making as well as decrease their psychological well-being and weaken relationships with partner and family. Although standardised assessment models exist for identifying the symptoms of anxiety or depression, relatively little attention has been given to identifying the causal antecedents that PCa patients encounter and that may lead to anxiety or depression, nor their own attempts to cope with those antecedents. This study investigated the coping strategies used by a sample of PCa patients in response to the specific stressors and lifestyle changes that arose from their disease. Methods: A total of 98 PCa patients responded to a survey about the kinds of disease-induced stressors they had encountered and the nature and success of any coping strategies they had used. Results: The most common coping strategies reported were acceptance, exercise or activity, medication, having a positive attitude and seeking support from their wives or families. All strategies were classified as "active" responses to PCa-based stressors. Conclusion: PCa patient anxiety and depression may be instigated by a range of stressors and patients' coping responses are also variable, with differing levels of success. From these data, a standardised inventory for assessing PCa patients' experiences of their illness and how they cope with those experiences is being developed, potentially contributing to the delivery of psychosocial therapies for PCa patients.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ireland Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Men's Healthen
dc.titleHow prostate cancer patients cope with the effects of diagnosis and treatment: development of the Effects of Prostate Cancer Coping Strategies Scaleen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jomh.2010.12.003en
dc.subject.keywordsPsychiatry (incl Psychotherapy)en
local.contributor.firstnameChrisen
local.contributor.firstnameVickien
local.contributor.firstnameDavid R Hen
local.subject.for2008110319 Psychiatry (incl Psychotherapy)en
local.subject.seo2008920199 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) not elsewhere classifieden
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.emailcsharpl3@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailvbitsik2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emaildchrist2@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20120314-092155en
local.publisher.placeNetherlandsen
local.format.startpage56en
local.format.endpage65en
local.identifier.scopusid79952455339en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume8en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.title.subtitledevelopment of the Effects of Prostate Cancer Coping Strategies Scaleen
local.contributor.lastnameSharpleyen
local.contributor.lastnameBitsikaen
local.contributor.lastnameChristieen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:csharpl3en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:vbitsik2en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:dchrist2en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:9890en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleHow prostate cancer patients cope with the effects of diagnosis and treatmenten
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorSharpley, Chrisen
local.search.authorBitsika, Vickien
local.search.authorChristie, David R Hen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2011en
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