Table 1.
Author | Publication year |
Number of participants |
Randomized | Intervention type | Partner included |
Outcomes | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mishel et al21 |
2002 | 239 | Yes | Psychoeducational telephone sessions with patient and designated person |
Patient could designate person to be included in intervention (i.e., partner, family member, etc.) |
SDS, SWOG QOL, non- standard urinary function, and sexual function and satisfaction questions |
Significant improvement in sexual satisfaction, trend toward interaction between sexual functioning and ethnicity |
Lepore et al9 |
2003 | 250 | Yes | 6 educational sessions vs. 6 educational sessions plus discussion group |
No | PCI, SF-36 | Sexual bother reduced for men in the education- plus-discussion arm |
Maliski et al26 |
2004 | 7 nurse case managers’ notes on 30 patients |
No | Case management | No | Not specified | Not specified |
Weber et al27 |
2004 | 30 | Yes | In-person peer support |
No | PCI, GDS | Significantly less sexual bother in treatment group participants at follow-up |
Canada et al30 |
2005 | 51 couples | Yes | 4 sessions of psychoeducation for patient and partner |
Some | IIEF, DAS, FSFI, PCI, SF- 36, BSI |
Significant improvements for treatment men in all IIEF domains and for treatment women in all FSFI domains |
Giesler et al31 |
2005 | 99 | Yes | Monthly sessions (2 in person, 4 by telephone) with patient and partner |
Some | PC-QoL, DAS, CES-D, SF-36 |
Significant gains in sexual functioning and significant reductions in how much sexual dysfunction limited role activities at 7 and 12 months post-treatment |
Titta et al32 |
2006 | 57 | Yes | Short-term psychodynamic therapy in person and on the phone |
Yes | IIEF | Significant improvements in erectile functioning over time for both groups but men in the sexual counseling plus injection group reported significantly better erectile functioning at 18 month follow-up |
Molton et al33 |
2008 | 101 | Yes | 10-week cognitive behavioral stress- management intervention |
No | PCI | Men with greater interpersonal sensitivity reported greater increases in sexual functioning than men lower on this personality characteristic |