SynthesisJournal of general internal medicine2014
Effectiveness of family and caregiver interventions on patient outcomes in adults with cancer: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Journal of general internal medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06991673 (Adolescent Surgery Roadmap Feasibility and Acceptability Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Adolescent Surgery Roadmap Feasibility and Acceptability Study
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cancer patient distress and health service use is linked with carer distress: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Prevention and Management of Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers through Informal Caregiver Involvement: A Systematic Review.Journal of diabetes research · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life of people with cancer and their family caregivers.Nursing open · 2020Pooled it
- Association between dyadic interventions and outcomes in cancer patients: a meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Pooled it
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- Effects of Early Integrated Palliative Care on Caregivers of Patients with Lung and Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The oncologist · 2017Trial
- Mobilizing social support networks to improve cancer screening: the COACH randomized controlled trial study design.BMC cancer · 2015Trial
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- Centering patients with advanced cancer includes supporting their caregivers.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
- A Methodological Approach for Documenting Multi-Component Interventions Targeting Family Caregivers.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Prospective assessment of psychopathological symptoms and their relation to demographic factors in primary caregivers of cancer patients throughout chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- The role of caregivers in the clinical pathway of patients newly diagnosed with breast and prostate cancer: A study protocol.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A randomized intervention involving family to improve communication in breast cancer care.NPJ breast cancer · 2021Article
- Resilience in family caregivers of patients diagnosed with advanced cancer - unravelling the process of bouncing back from difficult experiences, a hermeneutic review.The European journal of general practice · 2020Review
- Dyadic Interventions for Cancer Survivors and Caregivers: State of the Science and New Directions.Seminars in oncology nursing · 2019Review
- A Review of the Complex Role of Family Caregivers as Health Team Members and Second-Order Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Advanced cancer caregiving as a risk for major depressive episodes and generalized anxiety disorder.Psycho-oncology · 2018Article
- Caring for caregivers and patients: Research and clinical priorities for informal cancer caregiving.Cancer · 2016Review
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundFamily and caregiver interventions typically aim to develop family members' coping and caregiving skills and to reduce caregiver burden. We conducted a systematic review of published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating whether family-involved interventions improve patient outcomes among adults with cancer.
methodsRCTs enrolling patients with cancer were identified by searching MEDLINE, PsycInfo and other sources through December 2012. Studies were limited to subjects over 18 years of age, published in English language, and conducted in the United States. Patient outcomes included global quality of life; physical, general psychological and social functioning; depression/anxiety; symptom control and management; health care utilization; and relationship adjustment.
resultsWe identified 27 unique trials, of which 18 compared a family intervention to usual care or wait list (i.e., usual care with promise of intervention at completion of study period) and 13 compared one family intervention to another individual or family intervention (active control). Compared to usual care, overall strength of evidence for family interventions was low. The available data indicated that overall, family-involved interventions did not consistently improve outcomes of interest. Similarly, with low or insufficient evidence, family-involved interventions were not superior to active controls at improving cancer patient outcomes. DISCUSSION: Overall, there was low or insufficient evidence that family and caregiver interventions were superior to usual or active care. Variability in study populations and interventions made pooling of data problematic and generalizing findings from any single study difficult. Most of the included trials were of poor or fair quality.
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