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Do rapid emotional thermometers correlate with multidimensional validated structured questionnaires in low-risk prostate cancer?

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Abstract

Purpose

To promptly identify mental suffering in low-risk prostate cancer (LRPC) patients, vulnerable to over- and undertreatment, we evaluated the correlation of rapid emotional thermometers (ET) with multidimensional validated structured questionnaires.

Methods

At diagnosis, consecutive LRPC patients underwent five ET domains: emotional suffering, anxiety, depression (DT), revolt and need for help and multidimensional questionnaires: beck anxiety inventory (BAI), beck depression inventory (BDI), beck hopelessness scale, SF36 (physical functioning PF, role limitations due to physical health RP, bodily pain BP, general health perceptions GH, vitality VT, social functioning SF, role limitations due to emotional problems RE and general mental health MH), international index of erectile function and international prostate symptom score (IPSS).

Results

Among 30 included patients, mean age 67.4 y (52–74), 20 days after the diagnosis (15–30), mean time to obtain ET 27 s (15–57) and all questionnaires 36.7 min (31–49), ETs showed moderate/strong Spearman correlation among themselves. DT domain displayed the best correlation to most of the multidimensional validated structured questionnaires: moderate to BDI, SF-36 (PF, GH, VT, SF, RE, MH) and IPSS and strong to BAI.

Conclusion

DT revealed the best correlation to validated structured questionnaires of diverse dimensions with clear potential for quick screening of patients with psychological suffering and in need of further evaluation and support.

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To the involved institutions, the patients and those that provided and cared for study patients.

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CNPq Research Productivity, Brazil—Grant: 304747/2018-1 (Reis LO).

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    Walker Wendell Laranja, Thairo Alves Pereira, Paulo Vitor Barreto Guimarães, Marcos Tobias-Machado, Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi, José Luis Braga de Aquino & Leonardo Oliveira Reis

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WWL: data collection, data analysis, manuscript editing, TAP: data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing, PVBG: data collection, data analysis, manuscript editing, MT-M: data analysis, manuscript editing, VAL-M: data analysis, manuscript editing, JLBA: data analysis, manuscript editing, LOR: funding acquisition, project development, manuscript writing, supervision.

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Laranja, W.W., Pereira, T.A., Guimarães, P.V.B. et al. Do rapid emotional thermometers correlate with multidimensional validated structured questionnaires in low-risk prostate cancer?. Int Urol Nephrol 52, 1073–1078 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-020-02399-w

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