ReviewFrontiers in oncology2015
Systematic review of interventions to improve the provision of information for adults with primary brain tumors and their caregivers.
Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07617168 (The Effect of the Education for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Caregivers on the Quality of Life and Care Burden), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of the Education for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Caregivers on the Quality of Life and Care Burden
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interventions to help support caregivers of people with a brain or spinal cord tumour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Mechanism of the GALNT family proteins in regulating tumorigenesis and development of lung cancer (Review).Molecular and clinical oncology · 2025Review
- Participatory Development of an International Information Brochure on the Multimodal Assessment of Disorders of Consciousness.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- How Information Affects Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Scoping Review of the Literature.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Article
- Optimal care of people with brain cancer in the emergency department: A cross-sectional survey of outpatient perceptions.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Article
- Advance care planning (ACP) in glioblastoma patients: Evaluation of a disease-specific ACP program and impact on outcomes.Neuro-oncology practice · 2022Article
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- How do patients with malignant brain tumors experience general practice care and support? Qualitative analysis of English Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) data.Neuro-oncology practice · 2020Article
- Elevated GALNT10 expression identifies immunosuppressive microenvironment and dismal prognosis of patients with high grade serous ovarian cancer.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2020Article
- Defining unmet clinical need across the pathway of brain tumor care: a patient and carer perspective.Cancer management and research · 2019Article
- Psychiatric symptoms in glioma patients: from diagnosis to management.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2015Review
- Design and development of 'Helder in Gesprek': A tool to support person-centred communication in memory clinics.Digital healthArticle
- An analysis of neurocognitive dysfunction in brain tumors.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAdults with primary brain tumors and their caregivers have significant information needs. This review assessed the effect of interventions to improve information provision for adult primary brain tumor patients and/or their caregivers.
methodsWe included randomized or non-randomized trials testing educational interventions that had outcomes of information provision, knowledge, understanding, recall, or satisfaction with the intervention, for adults diagnosed with primary brain tumors and/or their family or caregivers. PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Reviews databases were searched for studies published between 1980 and June 2014.
resultsTwo randomized controlled, 1 non-randomized controlled, and 10 single group pre-post trials enrolled more than 411 participants. Five group, four practice/process change, and four individual interventions assessed satisfaction (12 studies), knowledge (4 studies), and information provision (2 studies). Nine studies reported high rates of satisfaction. Three studies showed statistically significant improvements over time in knowledge and two showed greater information was provided to intervention than control group participants, although statistical testing was not performed. DISCUSSION: The trials assessed intermediate outcomes such as satisfaction, and only 4/13 reported on knowledge improvements. Few trials had a randomized controlled design and risk of bias was either evident or could not be assessed in most domains.
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