'Going to the bathroom four or five times a night ...': seven men talk about their experiences of benign prostatic hyperplasia and the perioperative period

J Clin Nurs. 1999 Sep;8(5):542-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00305.x.

Abstract

This study describes ageing men's experiences of benign prostatic hyperplasia and transurethral resection. The experiences of ageing men participating in this study vary in different periods of their treatment. It is evident that experiences are attached to feelings, cognitive thinking and responses.

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living*
  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Aged
  • Aging / psychology
  • Attitude to Health*
  • Body Image
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Men / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Perioperative Care / nursing
  • Perioperative Care / psychology
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / complications*
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / psychology*
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / surgery
  • Shame
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Transurethral Resection of Prostate / adverse effects
  • Transurethral Resection of Prostate / psychology*
  • Urination Disorders / etiology*
  • Urination Disorders / physiopathology
  • Urination Disorders / psychology*