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A survey of psychological distress and quality of life in prostate cancer patients

Methods: A comparative case study design incorporating quantitative and qualitative methods is employed to capture the complexity of specialist palliative care nursing services and the resources invested in them from a variety of perspectives: specialist nurses; other health care staff; key stakeholders; patients; and informal carers. Data collection is prospective and longitudinal. The study will provide a profile of all patients referred to generic Macmillan services over an 8-week period in each of 12 care settings (total expected to be 600). A subset of patients (total expected to be 75) has participated in research interviews incorporating the EORTC QLQ C-30 quality of life tool; the POS, a palliative care outcome scale; and a resource use questionnaire. Information is also being gathered on the packages of health care received by patients. Twelve services (six community and six hospital) from the two regions are participating.