Publications by authors named "S A Schiele"
Background: Frailty is emerging as an important determinant for quality of life (QoL) and emotional health in older patients with cancer, and specifically in long-term prostate cancer survivors, but quantitative studies are lacking. The current study assesses the prevalence of frailty and its association with QoL and emotional health in long-term prostate cancer survivors after radical prostatectomy.
Patients And Methods: A total of 2,979 prostate cancer survivors from the multicenter German Familial Prostate Cancer cohort completed questionnaires on frailty (Groningen Frailty Indicator [GFI]), QoL (EORTC QoL Questionnaire-Core 30), and emotional health (anxiety/depression symptoms via the Patient Health Questionnaire-4).
Article Synopsis
- Vasectomy is a common and effective contraceptive method among middle-aged men in Germany, with only 12.5% of the studied population having undergone the procedure.
- This study assessed the sexual function of 5,425 heterosexual men, revealing that vasectomized men had lower rates of erectile dysfunction and were generally more satisfied with their sexual lives compared to those who were not vasectomized.
- Overall, the findings suggest that vasectomy does not negatively impact sexual function and may even improve sexual satisfaction among middle-aged men.
Background: The Erectile Function Domain of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF6) is inaccurate in assessing erectile function in men who are not practicing sexual intercourse. Improvement through a modification was recently tested on patients after radical prostatectomy. This study examines the application of this modification in a population-based cohort of middle-aged men.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Radical prostatectomy (RP) is one of the most common therapeutic strategies for treating localized prostate cancer (PCa). Currently, the significance of postoperative functional limitations for affected patients in the long-term course, especially in comparison to age-related comorbidities, is unclear.
Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify the prevalence of subjective health restrictions alongside functional deficits in long-term PCa survivors after RP and their relevance for subjective impairments in everyday life.