Introduction
Patients and methods
Mindfulness facets
Health-related quality of life
Psychological distress
Cancer-specific distress
Statistical analyses
Results
Patients
Variable | |
---|---|
Age | 70.8 years (8.7 years) |
Married or de facto relationship | 75 % |
Retired | 68 % |
Born in Australia | 66 % |
University or college degree | 66 % |
BMI
| |
Overweight range | 47 % |
Obese range | 28 % |
Smoking history
| |
Ex-smoker | 45 % |
Current smoker | 7 % |
Comorbid health conditions
| |
Any condition | 92 % |
Back pain | 59 % |
Osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis | 54 % |
High blood pressure | 48 % |
Depression or anxiety | 27 % |
Heart disease | 22 % |
Diabetes | 18 % |
Lung disease | 11 % |
At least one condition limited current activities | 58 % |
Time since prostate cancer diagnosis | 6 years (4.9 years) |
Gleason score ≥ 8a
| 71 % |
Prostate cancer stage
b
| |
T2 | 20 % |
T3 | 55 % |
T4 | 24 % |
PSA levelc
| 50.6 ng/mL* (106.3 ng/mL) |
Prostate cancer treatment
d
| |
Androgen deprivation therapy | 97 % |
Radiation therapy | 69 % |
Prostatectomy | 44 % |
Chemotherapy | 31 % |
Active surveillance | 4 % |
Watchful waiting | 4 % |
Orchidectomy | 2 % |
Psychological care and support
Quality of life
Variable | M (SD) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. QOL | 111.74 (20.12) | |||||||||||||
2. Cancer-specific distress | 15.72 (15.58) | −.59** | ||||||||||||
3. Psychological Distress | 52.40 (10.32) | −.73** | .64** | |||||||||||
4. Age | 70.79 (8.68) | .11 | −.15* | −.14 | ||||||||||
5. Marital statusa
| .04 | .01 | −.05 | −.05 | ||||||||||
6. Educationa
| .05 | .09 | −.04 | −.15 | −.04 | |||||||||
7. Limited by comorbiditya
| −.35** | .27** | .30** | −.06 | .12 | −.09 | ||||||||
8. Time since diagnosis | 5.95 (4.89) | .14 | −.15 | −.07 | .24* | .05 | −.06 | .03 | ||||||
9. Observing | 22.33 (6.73) | −.05 | .15* | .18* | −.01 | .19* | .11 | .25* | −.07 | |||||
10. Describing | 28.54 (6.63) | .30** | −.27** | −.31** | .06 | .06 | .15 | −.03 | .02 | .28** | ||||
11. Acting with awareness | 31.39 (6.10) | .51** | −.51** | −.56** | .12 | .05 | .04 | −.30** | .05 | −.14 | .42** | |||
12. Non-judging of inner experience | 31.93 (7.00) | .53** | −.60** | −.57** | .00 | .04 | .07 | −.24* | .04 | −.27** | .25** | .55** | ||
13. Non-reactivity to inner experience | 20.78 (5.82) | .06 | .05 | −.03 | −.03 | .04 | .12 | .08 | −.01 | .53** | .37** | −.04 | −.11 |
Predictors |
B
| SE |
β
|
---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
| |||
Age | −.03 | .15 | −.01 |
Marital status | .37 | 3.00 | .01 |
Education | −.83 | 2.73 | −.02 |
Limited by a comorbidity | −7.27 | 2.74 | −.18* |
Time since diagnosis | .37 | .26 | .09 |
Mindfulness facets
| |||
Observing | .09 | .26 | .03 |
Describing | .16 | .24 | .05 |
Acting with awareness | .77 | .27 | .23* |
Non-judging of inner experience | 1.10 | .23 | .39** |
Non-reactivity to inner experience | .36 | .27 | .11 |
Cancer-specific distress
Predictors |
B
| SE |
β
|
---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
| |||
Age | −.12 | .12 | −.06 |
Marital status | .73 | 2.30 | .02 |
Education | 3.57 | 2.07 | .11 |
Limited by a comorbidity | .81 | 2.08 | .02 |
Time since diagnosis | −.20 | .20 | −.06 |
Mindfulness facets
| |||
Observing | .05 | .19 | .02 |
Describing | −.21 | .18 | −.09 |
Acting with awareness | −.39 | .21 | −.15a
|
Non-judging of inner experience | −1.25 | .17 | −.55** |
Non-reactivity to inner experience | −.03 | .21 | −.01 |
Psychological distress
Predictors |
B
| SE |
β
|
---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
| |||
Age | −.06 | .08 | −.05 |
Marital status | −1.08 | 1.46 | −.04 |
Education | .23 | 1.33 | .01 |
Limited by a comorbidity | 1.88 | 1.33 | .09 |
Time since diagnosis | −.01 | .13 | −.00 |
Mindfulness facets
| |||
Observing | .27 | .12 | .17* |
Describing | −.12 | .11 | −.08 |
Acting with awareness | −.48 | .13 | −.28** |
Non-judging of inner experience | −.60 | .11 | −.40** |
Non-reactivity to inner experience | −.41 | .13 | −.23* |