ReviewAsia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
A Review on Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility of Psychosocial Care in Cancer Patients.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Participant factors associated with psychosocial impacts of lung cancer screening: A systematic review.Cancer medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Are digital health interventions valuable to support patients with cancer and caregivers? An umbrella review of web-based and app-based supportive care interventions.Cancer medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological problems among cancer patients in relation to healthcare and societal costs: A systematic review.Psycho-oncology · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy and Budget Impact of a Tailored Psychological Intervention Program Targeting Cancer Patients With Adjustment Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Psycho-oncology · 2025Trial
- Cost-Utility of the eHealth Application 'Oncokompas', Supporting Incurably Ill Cancer Patients to Self-Manage Their Cancer-Related Symptoms: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Trial
- Cost-utility of individual internet-based and face-to-face Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy compared with treatment as usual in reducing psychological distress in cancer patients.Psycho-oncology · 2020Trial
- Psychosocial interventions indicate prolonged survival in cancer patients in a systematic review, meta-analysis, and multiverse meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Communications psychology · 2026Article
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- Exploring Psychosocial Needs of Patients with Cancers through the Lens of the Physicians and Nurses: A Qualitative Study.Journal of nursing management · 2024Article
- Anxiety, Depression, and Stress Reaction/Adjustment Disorders and Their Associations with Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Newly Diagnosed Patients With Breast Cancer.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2023Article
- Healthcare use and costs in adult cancer patients with anxiety and depression.Depression and anxiety · 2020Article
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- Brief Metacognitive Therapy for Emotional Distress in Adult Cancer Survivors.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Mental health treatment dose and annual healthcare costs in patients with cancer and major depressive disorder.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2018Article
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer Patients Delivered via Internet: Qualitative Study of Patient and Therapist Barriers and Facilitators.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Article
- Tumor Microenvironment in Treatment of Glioma.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2017Article
- Metacognitive Therapy for Emotional Distress in Adult Cancer Survivors: A Case Series.Cognitive therapy and researchArticle
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Abstract
Several psychosocial care interventions have been found effective in improving psychosocial outcomes in cancer patients. At present, there is increasingly being asked for information on the value for money of this type of intervention. This review therefore evaluates current evidence from studies investigating cost-effectiveness or cost-utility of psychosocial care in cancer patients. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed and Web of Science yielding 539 unique records, of which 11 studies were included in the study. Studies were mainly performed in breast cancer populations or mixed cancer populations. Studied interventions included collaborative care (four studies), group interventions (four studies), individual psychological support (two studies), and individual psycho-education (one study). Seven studies assessed the cost-utility of psychosocial care (based on quality-adjusted-life-years) while three studies investigated its cost-effectiveness (based on profile of mood states [mood], Revised Impact of Events Scale [distress], 12-Item Health Survey [mental health], or Fear of Progression Questionnaire [fear of cancer progression]). One study did both. Costs included were intervention costs (three studies), intervention and direct medical costs (five studies), or intervention, direct medical, and direct nonmedical costs (three studies). In general, results indicated that psychosocial care is likely to be cost-effective at different, potentially acceptable, willingness-to-pay thresholds. Further research should be performed to provide more clear information as to which psychosocial care interventions are most cost-effective and for whom. In addition, more research should be performed encompassing potential important cost drivers from a societal perspective, such as productivity losses or informal care costs, in the analyses.
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