Key result
Psychoeducative telephone follow-up reduces uncertainty and anguish after radical prostatectomy.
Why the study?
The clinical and psychological effects of telephone follow-up after radical prostatectomy were not comprehensively summarized from randomized controlled trials.
Does telephone follow-up improve clinical and psychological outcomes in patients after radical prostatectomy?
Systematic Review
Does telephone follow-up improve clinical and psychological outcomes in patients after radical prostatectomy?
Telephone follow-up, particularly psychoeducative interventions, can effectively reduce uncertainty and anguish in patients after radical prostatectomy.
Supports psychoeducative telephone follow-up to reduce post-prostatectomy uncertainty and distress; reinforces limited RCT evidence for remote monitoring.
OBJECTIVE: to assess and summarize the best scientific evidence from randomized controlled clinical trials about telephone follow-up of patients after radical prostatectomy, based on information about how the phone calls are made and the clinical and psychological effects for the individuals who received this intervention. METHOD: the search was undertaken in the electronic databases Medline, Web of Science, Embase, Cinahl, Lilacs and Cochrane. Among the 368 references found, five were selected. RESULTS: two studies tested interventions focused on psychological support and three tested interventions focused on the physical effects of treatment. The psychoeducative intervention to manage the uncertainty about the disease and the treatment revealed statistically significant evidences and reduced the level of uncertainty and anguish it causes. CONCLUSION: the beneficial effects of telephone follow-up could be determined, as a useful tool for the monitoring of post-prostatectomy patients.
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Mata et al. (2014) conducted a systematic review in Post-radical prostatectomy. Telephone follow-up was evaluated on Clinical and psychological effects (uncertainty and anguish). Psychoeducative telephone follow-up interventions significantly reduced the level of uncertainty and anguish in patients after radical prostatectomy.
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