FOCUS Triage Project: Helping Families through Research

PI: Laurel L. Northouse, RN, PhD, FAAN affiliation: University of Michigan School of Nursing topic: prostate cancer, quality of life, family-based intervention, clinical outcomes, expert tailored medium: print audience: men with prostate cancer and their spouses link: Abstract link: Oncology Nursing Society grant: Prostate Cancer - Family Care for Patients and Spouses sponsor: National Cancer Institute number: R01 CA090739 dates: 2000-12-15 - 2001-03-31

This study will test the effectiveness of a family-based program of care in improving clinical outcomes, and test the ability of a model to predict which patients and spouses are at increased risk of poorer quality of life.