PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Compare outcomes after patients receive usual care from their providers with a standard SCP and after patients receive tailoring of the SCP with the low literacy educational supplement.
II. To quantify the potential benefit of tailoring the care plan and the educational supplement.
III. Compare providers' assessment of patients':
IIIa. Health literacy; IIIb. Comprehension of survivorship care recommendations; IIIc. Understanding of long term and late effects from treatment; IIId. To measures obtained from patients.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 groups.
GROUP I (INTERVENTION): Patients receive standard SCP during a provider visit and a tailored SCP with a low literacy educational supplement during a structured interview over 30-60 minutes.
GROUP II (CONTROL): Patients receive standard SCP using the prostate cancer ASCO template during a provider visit and undergo a structured interview over 30-60 minutes.
Age
18–any
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Black and African American men who are disease-free after completing primary surgery and/or radiation treatment for localized or oligometastatic prostate cancer between 1 to 4 years prior to enrollment. (Race/ethnicity per medical records and self report)
Patients who are still receiving adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy following primary radiation with non-palliative intent may be included
You may not be if
Dementia or cognitive impairment per provider clinical assessment
Unable to give informed consent in the judgement of the patient's oncology provider
Recurrent prostate cancer after primary treatment
Less than 18 years of age at the time of informed consent
Diagnosis of active second malignancy requiring treatment
Individuals who are not able to clearly understand English since the outcome measures require understanding of English
