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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2012 Aug 29;111(2):213–220. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11423.x

TABLE 2.

Health-related quality of life and satisfaction with prostate cancer care

Variable Value
Baseline quality of life pretreatment, mean (SD)
 SF-36 MCS 52.5 (8.96)
 SF-36 PCS 51.3 (8.96)
 Fear of cancer recurrence 36 (17.79)
Decline in quality of life at 1–2 years after treatment, n (%)
 PCI sexual function 1086 (55)
 PCI bowel function 484 (24)
 PCI urinary function 918 (46)
Satisfaction with care pretreatment, mean (SD)
 Overall satisfaction with care 77.5 (16.19)
 Amount of contact 74.7 (21.16)
 Communication 78.5 (18.07)
 Humanness 81.8 (17.83)
 Competence 82.9 (18.77)
Satisfaction with care at 1–2 years after treatment, mean (SD)
 Overall satisfaction with care 78.2 (15.36)
 Amount of contact 77.7 (18.97)
 Communication 76.6 (19.18)
 Humanness 82.5 (16.65)
 Competence 82.4 (17.55)
*

Defined as decline > 1 SD from baseline.

MCS, Mental Component Summary; PCI, Prostate Cancer Index; PCS, Physical Component Summary; SF-36, 36-item short-form health survey.