Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Increase Adherence to Penile Injection Therapy-Based Rehabilitation After Radical Prostatectomy: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the importance of using penile injections as part of a penile rehabilitation program, men have difficulty complying with these programs.

Aim

To test a novel psychological intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for erectile dysfunction (ACT-ED) to help men utilize penile injections.

Methods

This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) recruited men who were beginning a standard care (SC) structured penile rehabilitation program following radical prostatectomy. The SC program instructed patients to use penile injections 2 to 3 times per week. Participants were randomized to SC+ACT-ED or SC+enhanced monitoring (EM). Over 4 months, patients in the SC+ACT-ED group received SC plus 4 ACT sessions and 3 ACT phone calls; those in the EM g

SUBMITTER: Nelson CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6943977 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature