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SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2014

Effectiveness of psychoeducational support on quality of life in early-stage breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Ayako Matsuda, Kazue Yamaoka, Toshiro Tango, Tomohiro Matsuda, Hiroshi Nishimoto

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Synthesis in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 4 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Psychological interventions for women with non-metastatic breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  20. Breast cancer: pathogenesis and treatments.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ayako MatsudaSurveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan, amatsuda@ncc.go.jp.
Kazue Yamaoka
Toshiro Tango
Tomohiro Matsuda
Hiroshi Nishimoto
Teikyo University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMost breast cancer patients receive psychosocial support interventions. However, the effectiveness of these interventions has not yet been clarified. Quality of life (QOL) was an important construct that should be considered when assessing these interventions. The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial and especially psychoeducational support interventions for early-stage breast cancer patients since the follow-up was bound up to 6 months after finishing the intervention.

methodsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify randomized controlled trials with early-stage breast cancer patients receiving psychosocial (psychoeducational and other) support in which QOL was measured as a treatment outcome. We compared mean differences at less than 6 months post-intervention with a control group. The primary outcome was Global Health Status/QOL scale (Global QOL), and secondary outcomes were the subscales of QOL.

resultsNo significant effect was observed for Global QOL; however, individuals receiving psychosocial support scored higher on the Breast Cancer Symptoms subscale. For psychoeducational support in the psychosocial support, significant effect was observed on the Emotional subscale.

conclusionsOur analysis strengthens the evidence of the effectiveness of psychosocial support in improving breast cancer symptoms and psychoeducational support in improving emotional well-being within 6 months post-intervention.

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Health StatusPatient Education as TopicQuality of LifeSocial SupportBreast NeoplasmsFemaleGlobal HealthHumansNeoplasm StagingProgram EvaluationPsychotherapyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvivorsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID23881515
PMCPMC3929036
OpenAlexW1975596405

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