Department of Communication, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
J Psychosoc Oncol. 2011;29(5):552-60. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2011.599362.
This study was designed to test the association between social support and depression at different stages of disease progression in men with prostate cancer.Seventy-one men with prostate cancer completed measures of social support and depression three times: T1 (at baseline), T2 (T1 + 2 months), and at T3 (T1 + 4 months). Stage of disease progression was significantly associated with increasing symptoms of depression. Stage of disease progression also moderated the association between social support and depression. Social support was associated with a subsequent worsening of depression for men with early-stage disease. For men with more advanced prostate cancer, social support was associated with improvements in subsequent depression. Social support has different prognostic value for psychological distress among men with prostate cancer depending upon the stage of their disease.
这项研究旨在测试社会支持与前列腺癌男性疾病进展不同阶段的抑郁之间的关联。71 名前列腺癌男性患者三次完成了社会支持和抑郁的测量：T1（基线时）、T2（T1+2 个月）和 T3（T1+4 个月）。疾病进展阶段与抑郁症状的加重显著相关。疾病进展阶段也调节了社会支持与抑郁之间的关系。对于早期疾病的男性，社会支持与随后抑郁的恶化有关。对于患有更晚期前列腺癌的男性，社会支持与随后抑郁的改善有关。社会支持对前列腺癌男性的心理困扰具有不同的预后价值，这取决于他们的疾病阶段。
