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PD was evaluated by the Questionnaire on Stress in Cancer Patients (QSC\u2013R23) at the beginning (T1) and the end (T2) of IR. Regression analyses were performed to identify disease-specific predictors for high PD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 4,290 patients (3,413 after RP, 563 after RC, 314 after (partial) nephrectomy) were included in this study. Median PD decreased significantly during IR across all tumor entities (each\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The number of PC and BC patients suffering from high PD decreased significantly (each\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), but not in KC patients (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.310). Younger age independently predicts high PD in all three malignancies, while additionally positive surgical margins (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.016), ileal conduit (IC;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and nephrectomy (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.032) independently predict high PD in PC, BC, and KC patients, respectively. During the Covid-19 pandemic the demand for individual psycho-oncologic counseling increased significantly in PC (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.03) and KC (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001) patients.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Younger age independently predicts high PD in the three main urological malignancies. Positive surgical margins in PCa, IC in BCa, and nephrectomy in KC are disease-specific independent predictors for high PD in the early period after surgical treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for Cancer Survivors<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Disease-specific predictors for high PD may help clinicians identify patients at risk and may guide timely referrals to psycho-oncologic counseling in the early period after uro-oncologic surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11764-024-01644-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,10]],"date-time":"2024-07-10T00:02:04Z","timestamp":1720569724000},"page":"181-188","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Psychosocial distress after radical prostatectomy, radical cystectomy, or (partial) nephrectomy \u2013 a comprehensive analysis of 4,290 German cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5768-0364","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Henning","family":"Bahlburg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia","family":"Rausch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karl Heinrich","family":"Tully","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sebastian","family":"Berg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joachim","family":"Noldus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marius Cristian","family":"Butea-Bocu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Burkhard","family":"Beyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guido","family":"M\u00fcller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"1644_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"6440","DOI":"10.1200\/JCO.2005.02.3259","volume":"23","author":"BD Bultz","year":"2005","unstructured":"Bultz BD, Carlson LE. 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