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SynthesisJournal of behavioral medicine2012

Who benefits from psychosocial interventions in oncology? A systematic review of psychological moderators of treatment outcome.

Rie Tamagawa, Sheila Garland, Marcus Vaska, Linda E Carlson

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04159363 (The Effectiveness of an Interactive Colorectal Cancer Self-Management Enhancement Smartphone-based Psychosocial Intervention Programme), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04159363 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

The Effectiveness of an Interactive Colorectal Cancer Self-Management Enhancement Smartphone-based Psychosocial Intervention Programme (iCanManage) on Outcomes of Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers

TypeinterventionalSponsorSingapore Cancer SocietyRan2020 to 2021Enrolled200ConditionsColorectal CancerArmsAn interactive Colorectal Cancer self-Management enhancement smartphone-based psychosocial intervention programme (iCanManage)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Salute to the sun: a new dawn in yoga therapy for breast cancer.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2017
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  5. Improving self-efficacy through nurse navigation in patients during treatment for colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  9. Moderators of the response to a nurse-led psychosocial intervention to reduce depressive symptoms in head and neck cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2015
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  11. Patients' Desire for Psychological Support When Receiving a Cancer Diagnostic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  15. Relationship among symptom clusters, quality of life, and treatment-specific optimism in patients with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018
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  16. Moderators of the effects of meaning-centered group psychotherapy in cancer survivors on personal meaning, psychological well-being, and distress.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017
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  20. Anxiety and depression symptoms in the 2 years following diagnosis of breast or gynaecologic cancer: prevalence, course and determinants of outcome.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rie TamagawaDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, rie.tamagawa@albertahealthservices.ca.
Sheila Garland
Marcus Vaska
Linda E Carlson

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical and demographic characteristics and psychological morbidity of individuals with cancer prior to a psychosocial intervention can influence the efficacy of interventions. However, little is known about the moderating role of patients' psychosocial characteristics on intervention effects. This review sought to identify and synthesize the impacts of psychosocial moderators of the effect of psychosocial interventions on the psychological well-being of cancer patients. A systematic review of the published literature was conducted. Databases searched included PsycINFO, PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection. Randomized controlled studies examining a moderator effect of patients' psychosocial characteristics other than baseline depression and anxiety levels were included. Of 199 potential papers, a total of 20 studies, involving 3,340 heterogeneous cancer patients are included. Of the 17 potential psychosocial moderators examined in this review, 14 significantly moderated the effects of interventions. Moderators were categorized into personality traits, mental and physical quality of life, social environment, and self-efficacy. Patients with poorer quality of life, interpersonal relationships and sense of control benefitted more from interventions than those who already had adequate resources. Patients with low levels of optimism and neuroticism, high levels of emotional expressiveness, interpersonal sensitivity, and dispositional hypnotizability also showed greater benefits from various interventions. This review adds to the growing literature aimed at personalizing psychosocial cancer treatment by identifying who benefits from which psychosocial interventions.

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PsychotherapyHumansNeoplasmsPersonalityQuality of LifeSelf EfficacySocial SupportTreatment Outcome

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