Quality of life in patients submitted to radical prostatectomy

• Autor(a) principal: Goluart, Débora Moura Miranda
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Miranzi, Mário Alfredo Silveira, Goulart, Paulo Eduardo Nunes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/21322
• topic: Quality of Life; Prostatectomy; Erectile Dysfunction; Urinary Incontinence; Quality of Life; Prostatectomy; Erectile Dysfunction; Urinary Incontinence; Calidad de Vida; Prostatectomía; Disfunción Eréctil; Incontinencia Urinaria; Calidad de Vida; Prostatectomía; Disfunción Eréctil; Incontinencia Urinaria; Qualidade de Vida; Prostatectomia; Disfunção Erétil; Incontinência Urinária; Qualidade de Vida; Prostatectomia; Disfunção Erétil; Incontinência Urinária

A cross-sectional study with a descriptive analysis of 81 patients submitted to radical prostatectomy (RP). Our objective was to correlate quality of life (QL) according to the EORTC-QLQ C30 with age group and time after surgery. Mean age was 65.7 years. Most sought the care of urology, asymptomatic. Some referred former smoking (49.9%) and high blood pressure (53.1%). Mean preoperative SBP was 8.4 ng/ml. Most participants were in stages T2c to T3, Gleason ?6 and over a year after surgery. Erectile dysfunction presented in 90.1%, and urinary incontinence in 33.3%. Functional and overall health scales presented high QL indexes, and symptomatology, with low ones. Older adults presented higher QL regarding emotional functioning, financial difficulties and overall health, as well as those with over a year after surgery, regarding cognitive functioning and fatigue. Although QL was not greatly affected, there were differences between age groups and time after surgery.doi: 10.5216/ree.v16i3.21589.