Development and Evaluation of a Therapeutic Education Intervention in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Radical Prostatectomy to Improve Their Sexuality

Development and Evaluation of a Therapeutic Education Intervention in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Radical Prostatectomy to Improve Their Sexuality

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in France (54,000 cases in 2011). About 20,000 radical prostatectomies (PR) per year are performed. Despite the progress of PR over the past 20 years, the rate of erectile dysfunction post PR varies between 30 and 90% and only 16% of operated men recover their pre-treatment erections.

There is currently no validated post-prostatectomy rehabilitation protocol. The associations of patients, including the National Association of Prostate Cancer Patients have a very strong demand for treatment of sexual problems after treatment.

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients treated in urology consultation at the University Hospital of Lyon Sud or Edouard Herriot:

• Aged over 18
• presenting a cancerous pathology of the prostate having an indication of radical prostatectomy with or without preservation of the neurovascular strips.
• affiliated to a social security scheme.
• and having been informed and given informed consent to participation in the program.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of participation, signature of consent,
• protected major patients, under guardianship or curators.
• Patients unable to understand the course of the study
• Patient with a documented history of cognitive or psychiatric disorders.