Utilization of sexual health and pelvic floor physiotherapy services in Vancouver’s Prostate Cancer Supportive Care (PCSC) Program.

2016 
163 Background: The Vancouver Prostate Centre established PCSC in January 2013 to provide education and clinical services to men with prostate cancer (pts) and their partners. The program includes a dedicated sexual health (SH) clinician and physiotherapist (PT) with expertise in male pelvic floor anatomy and physiology. Educational and clinical services are available to pts without charge. We examined the use of the SH and PT services in PCSC to better understand how the services are utilized. Methods: Pts who are pre-treatment or within 6 months of surgery or radiation are offered a group educational (ED) session regarding sexual rehabilitation with the option of visits to the SH clinic. Those who were > 6 months from surgery or radiation were offered evaluation in the SH clinic. Pts who are about to undergo surgery or who have postoperative incontinence are offered attendance at a group ED session and/or 3 visits with the PT clinician. We gathered data from PCSC logs, clinic schedules, and patient reco...
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