Rehabilitation bei Patienten mit Prostatakarzinom

Preconditions for the rehabilitation of prostate cancer patients are personal rehabilitation needs and rehabilitative ability. The aim of rehabilitation is to improve health-related quality of life by means of rehabilitation specific interventions. Defining the functional goals of rehabilitation is followed by functional assessment. To measure the success of rehabilitation, the outcome of functional measures, occupational reintegration, and prevention of the requirement for nursing care are evaluated. Following radical prostatectomy, an immediate rehabilitation program can quickly improve urinary incontinence by means of holistic continence training. Rehabilitation following prostate cancer should only be applied in qualified oncological hospitals or institutions with an integrated quality management system participating in the quality assurance programs of the public health insurance or pension insurance organizations.