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Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to understand the levels of uncertainty in radical prostatectomy (RP) recipients in Taiwan.
Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to understand the effects of psychological support on uncertainty in radical prostatectomy recipients.
To measure the levels of uncertainty in radical prostatectomy (RP) recipients who have received psychological support in comparison to those who have not.
Methods:
Participants were recruited from two hospitals. Sixty-two participants who underwent an RP were recruited in the support group, and 43 participants were included in the non- support group. The support group of males received psychological support and the other group of males without psychological support. A survey was developed to assess men at least 3 months after an RP. All subjects participated and self-reported using the Chinese version of Mishel uncertainty illness scale (MUIS). The reliability (alpha) of overall MUIS was 0.92 in this study.
Results:
The mean level of uncertainty score among the support group was 45.65 (SD = 10.81), and 80.47 (SD = 5.00) among the non- support group. A two-way ANOVA showed that after the controlled patients’ understood the treatment for their disease and complications, a significant effect was induced by psychological support (F= 197.25, p< .001), which indicated that the males in the psychological support group expressed lower levels of uncertainty than males in the non- support group.
Conclusion:
The results suggest that offering psychological support is an effective nursing intervention that can decrease the levels of uncertainty in radical prostatectomy recipients.