Publications by authors named "Thomas Hopfgarten"
Aim: This study aims to determine the predictors for the symptomatic prostate cancer patient's delays in seeking care.
Methods: We followed a cohort of 931 men with prostate cancer from Stockholm County (Sweden) asking about socio-demographic and information-level characteristics as well as the length of delay in seeking care.
Results: Of the 511 patients who returned a completed questionnaire, 219 (43%) reported having clinical symptoms before prostate cancer was diagnosed.
The Internet and prostate cancer patients: searching for and finding information.
Scand J Urol Nephrol
January 2008
Objective: To define the characteristics of prostate cancer patients who use the Internet.
Material And Methods: In October 2002, 511 prostate cancer patients from Stockholm-Gotland County completed a postal questionnaire consisting of 146 questions regarding use of the Internet, demographic factors, level of information about the disease and its treatment, quality of life and trade-off possibilities.
Results: The response rate was 86.
Objective: To explore the predictors of the quality of marriage of men with prostate cancer, as being diagnosed with prostate cancer affects the quality of life of the man and his partner, and while some aspects are known about the impact of the disease and its treatments on the man's quality of life, less is known about the marriage quality (MQ) in this new situation.
Patients And Methods: We followed 591 men from Stockholm County (Sweden) who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1999, and who were 50-80-years old and alive on 1 October 2002. The men completed a questionnaire asking about their MQ, and several other sociodemographic, medical and economic characteristics.
Objectives: A patient with newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer can choose from an array of therapies. A patient's willingness to trade life for freedom from therapy-induced long-term symptoms is poorly investigated.
Methods: In October 2002, we attempted to collect information from the 591 men who had been diagnosed and registered with prostate cancer in 1999 in Stockholm County.