Mental wellbeIng aND quality of life in Prostate cancer (MIND-P)
What is the MIND-P Study?
Prostate cancer places unique strains on the wellbeing of patients due to the often long term nature of the disease and the impact of treatment can have. This can have a profound impact on the mental, physical and social wellbeing of patients. Physical consequences of the disease and its treatment are closely linked with the mental wellbeing of patients with conditions such as depression and anxiety being common in this group. Additionally, people can experience issues with their sense of self-esteem, views on their body image, masculinity and their social relations. However, whilst we know these problems to be an issue, we know less about which patient groups and which treatment options seem to make these problems more common. As such we are currently undertaking the Mental wellbeIng aND quality of life in Prostate cancer (MIND-P) study to investigate this further.
We have provided some basic information regarding the study below, however if you would like more detailed information please visit our FAQs where you can also download our Participant Information Sheet or you can contact the study co-ordinator on oliver.brunckhorst@kcl.ac.uk. Additionally, if you have any concerns regarding your mental wellbeing please visit our Mental Wellbeing Resources page for NHS and other websites with more information and services available.
What is involved?
The MIND-P study aims to be a multi-institutional collaboration across seven hospitals in London and the South of England where we will follow newly diagnosed individuals with prostate cancer for a year. Potential participants will be identified in conjunction with the urology team at the local hospital site. We will follow participants virtually through repeated questionnaires evaluating the physical, mental and social wellbeing of individuals at 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months from diagnosis. These questionnaires will be conducted either online (through a link emailed to participants) or through paper versions posted to individuals. It is expected these will take a maximum of 30 minutes at each time to complete. There is no requirement for additional hospital appointments or visits for this study. The research team will additionally extract some clinical data using the hospital online systems at the beginning at end of the study.
Which hospitals are participating in the study?
Eight hospital sites have agreed to participate in this study. These include:
- King’s College Hospital (King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
- Princess Royal University Hospital (King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
- Guy’s Hospital (Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust)
- Charring Cross Hospital (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust)
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust)
- East Surrey Hospital (Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
- Medway Maritime Hospital (Medway NHS Foundation Trust)
- Bedford Hospital (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Who is part of the research team?
This exciting project is being co-ordinated by our Urology PhD Fellow Mr Oliver Brunckhorst from King’s College London. The chief investigator for the study is Mr Kamran Ahmed a Consultant Urologist at King’s College Hospital and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London. Prof Prokar Dasgupta, Foundation Professor of Surgery at King’s College London and Honorary Consultant Urologist at Guy’s is also one of the leading members of the team and the local site collaborator at Guy’s Hospital. The study is sponsored by King’s College London with King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust acting as the NHS co-sponsor.
Other collaborators for this study include:
- Prof. Robert Stewart (King’s College London)
- Dr. Mieke Van Hemelrijck (King’s College London)
- Prof. Matin Sheriff (Medway NHS Foundation Trust Local Collaborator)
- Prof. Hashim Ahmed (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Local Collaborator)
- Mr Shahid Khan (Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Local Collaborator)
- Mr Mohamed Hammadeh (Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Local Collaborator)
- Prof. Robert Thomas (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Local Collaborator)
