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One-year effect of a nurse-led psychosocial intervention on depressive symptoms in patients with head and neck cancer: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in The oncologist, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07766226 (A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Network Platform Sharing Intervention for Psychological Outcomes in Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Radiotherapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Network Platform Sharing Intervention for Psychological Outcomes in Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Radiotherapy
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of psychosocial support interventions on survival in inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings: A meta-analysis of 106 randomized controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Follow-up strategies following completion of primary cancer treatment in adult cancer survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of psychological interventions for patients with head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of psychological interventions to improve quality of life in people with long-term conditions: rapid systematic review of randomised controlled trials.BMC psychology · 2018Pooled it
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- 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 · 2015Trial
- Long-term effect of a nurse-led psychosocial intervention on health-related quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: a randomised controlled trial.British journal of cancer · 2014Trial
- Coping style and social support as modifiable mediators between personality and self-perceived speech handicap in head and neck cancer patients with tracheostomy: a cross-sectional chain-mediation study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The role of mental health nursing in pediatric hematology/oncology - Part 3: Evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and appreciation.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Symptom Management Intervention for Improving the QOL of Cancer Patients.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of multimodal intervention for depression, self-esteem, and quality of life among elderly people residing at selected old age homes in Jalandhar, Punjab.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Psycho-Oncological Intervention Through Counseling in Patients With Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Treatment With Radioiodine (COUNTHY, NCT05054634): A Non-randomized Controlled Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Depression and related factors after oral oncological treatment: a 5-year prospective cohort study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- The clinical and financial cost of mental disorders among elderly patients with gastrointestinal malignancies.Cancer medicine · 2020Article
- Psychosocial Issues in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: an Updated Review with a Focus on Clinical Interventions.Current psychiatry reports · 2017Review
- Nurse-led cancer care: A scope review of the past years (2003-2016).International journal of nursing sciences · 2017Review
- Weight loss after head and neck cancer: A dynamic relationship with depressive symptoms.Head & neck · 2017Article
- Can a person-centred-care intervention improve health-related quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer? A randomized, controlled study.BMC nursing · 2017Article
- Nursing's Potential to Address the Growing Cancer Burden in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Journal of global oncology · 2016Article
- Relationship between concentrations of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 and preoperative depression risk, and effect of psychological intervention on outcomes of high-grade glioma patients with preoperative depression in a 2-year prospective study.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) experience depressive symptoms after treatment. This randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of a psychosocial nurse counseling and after intervention (NUCAI) versus usual care on the depressive and HNC-related physical symptoms of patients with HNC at 1 year after diagnosis.
methodsA total of 205 patients with HNC were randomly assigned to either intervention (n = 103) or usual care (n = 102), with stratification for gender and tumor stage. The NUCAI, which consisted of six bimonthly 45-minute counseling sessions, was a problem-focused intervention aimed at helping patients to manage the physical, psychological, and social consequences of HNC and its treatment. It was nurse-led and offered in combination with regular medical follow-up visits at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. Depressive symptoms at 1 year after diagnosis were the primary outcome. Analyses were performed on an intention-to-treat basis for the total sample and for a predefined subgroup of patients with raised levels of depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression score ≥ 12; n = 91) at baseline using mixed-effect models.
resultsOne year after HNC treatment, levels of depressive symptoms were significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group in the total sample and in the subgroup of patients with raised levels of depressive symptoms.
conclusionThe NUCAI was feasible and effective in reducing depressive symptoms in patients with HNC 1 year after HNC treatment, and especially in patients with raised levels of depressive symptoms. The results of this study need to be confirmed in future studies before the NUCAI can be used in daily clinical practice.
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