Medical Help-Seeking for Sexual Concerns in Prostate Cancer Survivors

Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e7-e17

  Hyde, Melissa K ^a,b   Zajdlewicz, Leah ^a,b   Wootten, Addie C ^c,d,e   Nelson, Christian J ^f   Lowe, Anthony ^a,g   Dunn, Jeff ^a,b,h   Chambers, Suzanne K ^a,b,g,h,i  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

^e Australian Prostate Cancer Research   (Australia)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Prostate Cancer; Sexual Help Seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX ROLE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85006184636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20501161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esxm.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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