Quality of Psychological life for Patients with Prostate Cancer

Abstract: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men.
It affects middle-aged and older men and usually has an indolent but progressive clinical course. Purpose of the
study: This study purpose is to: Assess quality of psychological life of patients with prostate cancer. Design:
descriptive exploratory design was used for the present study Sample: quota sample). Setting: The study was
conducted in Oncology Department Unite at two setting: Menoufia University Hospital and Shebien –Elkoom
Teaching Hospital in Menoufia Gogernorate. Instruments: Prostatic cancer interviewing questionnaire contained
consisted of 3 parts. Part I: Socio-demographic interviewing questionnaire Part II: Prostate cancer interviewing
questionnaire (medical history). Part III Quality of psychological life interviewing questionnaire including
psychological, and behavioral parts. Results: nearly half of studied sample (48% ) had low quality of psychological
status and more than one-third of the studied sample (33.0%) had moderate quality of psychological status, while
more than one-fifth (19.0%) of the them had high quality of psychological status. Conclusion: more than half of the
study participants experienced poor quality of psychological life. Recommendations In light of the study findings,
the following recommendations are proposed: The need for a hospital based support group as psychologists and
consultants for the men with prostate cancer to improve their psychological indexes such as quality of life.