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Effect of general self-efficacy on promoting health-related quality of life during recovery from radical prostatectomy: a 1-year prospective study

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Background

The decline of health-related quality-of-life (QOL) during the year after radical prostatectomy is severe. General self-efficacy (GSE) is an effective psychological factor for long-term regulation of patient behavior and emotions. GSE is expected to facilitate enhanced health-related quality of life. We evaluated changes in GSE and analyzed the relationship between GSE and prostate cancer-specific and general health-related QOL.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal survey with 104 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy and administered the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES), Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC), and SF8 Health Survey (SF-8). ANCOVA was performed to compare EPIC and SF-8 between GSES high and low-medium groups.

Results

GSES scores increased significantly after 6 months. Regarding EPIC urinary summary scores, high GSES group was significantly higher than low-medium group at 1 month (mean score difference [MSD], 7.3; 95% CI 1.1–13.2, P = 0.016), 3 months (MSD, 6.8; 95% CI 0.7–12.8, P = 0.028), and 6 months (MSD, 6.3; 95% CI 0.9–11.7, P = 0.022). High GSES group had significantly higher SF-8 physical component summary score at 6 months (MSD, 3.2; 95% CI 1.4–5.0, P = 0.001), and significantly higher SF-8 mental component summary score at 1 month (MSD, 2.6; 95% CI 0.4–4.9, P = 0.022), 3 months (MSD, 2.7; 95% CI 0.8–4.6, P = 0.007), and 6 months (MSD, 2.8; 95% CI 1.0–4.6, P = 0.003).

Conclusion

This study suggests that high GSE was associated with better prostate cancer-specific and general health-related QOL after radical prostatectomy.

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Acknowledgments

We sincerely thank all participants and collaborators for their cooperation. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI [Grant Numbers 15H06060, 19K19596]. Some of the results of this study were presented at 55th and 56th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Clinical Oncology.The paper was presented by the author as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at Yamagata University.

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  1. School of Nursing, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science and Faculty of Medicine, 2-2-2, Iida-nishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan

    Kansuke Kawaguchi & Wakako Sato

  2. Kawazoe Shimakita Urology & Physician Clinic, Yamagata, Japan

    Hisashi Kawazoe

  3. Department of Urology, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science and Faculty of Medicine, 2-2-2, Iida-nishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan

    Toshihiko Sakurai, Hayato Nishida, Hidenori Kanno, Sei Naito, Tomoyuki Kato & Norihiko Tsuchiya

  4. Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science and Faculty of Medicine, 2-2-2, Iida-nishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan

    Tsuneo Konta

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Kawaguchi, K., Kawazoe, H., Sakurai, T. et al. Effect of general self-efficacy on promoting health-related quality of life during recovery from radical prostatectomy: a 1-year prospective study. Int J Clin Oncol 25, 2122–2129 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-020-01765-z

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