000127659 001__ 127659 000127659 005__ 20240731103345.0 000127659 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/nursrep13030092 000127659 0248_ $$2sideral$$a134773 000127659 037__ $$aART-2023-134773 000127659 041__ $$aeng 000127659 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0625-3936$$aAnguas-Gracia, Ana$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127659 245__ $$aQuality of life after radical prostatectomy: a longitudinal study 000127659 260__ $$c2023 000127659 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000127659 5203_ $$aBackground: Men with prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy experience a decrease in quality of life, often related to sexual disfunction and urinary incontinence. Knowing and measuring the impact of radical prostatectomy on the individual’s social, emotional, and family quality of life could help to plan and develop an appropriate, patient-centred therapeutic approach. Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate changes in quality of life of patients with prostate cancer before and after radical prostatectomy. Methods: A longitudinal, observational study of 114 participants was conducted using the method of test–retest. Quality of life before and after radical prostatectomy was measured through the following self-administered questionnaires: (1) The EORTC QLQ-C30 in its Spanish version was used to assess the generic quality of life the participants; (2) the EORTC QLQ-PR25 in its Spanish version was used to assess the specific, health-related quality of life of prostate cancer patients. Results: A total of 114 men took part in this study. The results from the QLQ-C30 questionnaire indicated an improvement in the dimensions of emotional role and cognitive function, as well as in the symptoms of fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, and loss of appetite, after surgery. Patients scored lower in the dimensions of role functioning, social function, and economic impact after radical prostatectomy. According to the results from the QLQ-PR25 questionnaire, 61.40% of the participants experienced sexual impotence and 26.31% suffered urinary incontinence after surgery. There were significant differences in some postsurgical outcomes between patients who had neurovascular bundles preserved and those who had not. Conclusions: In-depth knowledge of, and measurement of changes in, quality of life after radical prostatectomy should allow for comprehensive, multidisciplinary, patient-centred care planning. Psychosocial assessment, both before and after surgery, is crucial in patients with prostate cancer. This study was prospectively registered with the CEIC-A on 2012-06-27, with registration number C.P.-C.I. PI12/0088 000127659 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000127659 592__ $$a0.633$$b2023 000127659 593__ $$aNursing (miscellaneous)$$c2023$$dQ2 000127659 594__ $$a2.5$$b2023 000127659 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000127659 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-8206-4803$$aAntón-Solanas, Isabel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127659 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4753-630X$$aEchániz-Serrano, Emmanuel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127659 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5676-4179$$aSubirón-Valera, Ana Belén$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127659 700__ $$aRodríguez-Roca, Beatriz$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127659 700__ $$aJuárez-Vela, Raúl 000127659 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0083-5940$$aSatustegui-Dordá, Pedro José$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127659 700__ $$aFernández-Rodríguez, María Teresa 000127659 700__ $$aGea-Caballero, Vicente 000127659 700__ $$aTejada-Garrido, Clara Isabel 000127659 700__ $$aCobos-Rincón, Ana 000127659 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7049-8295$$aUrcola-Pardo, Fernando$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127659 7102_ $$11006$$2255$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería$$cÁrea Enfermería 000127659 773__ $$g13, 3 (2023), 1051-1063$$pNurs. reports$$tNursing Reports$$x2039-439X 000127659 8564_ $$s311990$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127659/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000127659 8564_ $$s2823023$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127659/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000127659 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:127659$$particulos$$pdriver 000127659 951__ $$a2024-07-31-09:52:10 000127659 980__ $$aARTICLE