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SynthesisHealth and quality of life outcomes2018

Effect of psychosocial interventions on the quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Heesook Son, Youn-Jung Son, Hyerang Kim, Yoonju Lee

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Synthesis in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Heesook SonRed Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-Ro, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea.
Youn-Jung SonRed Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-Ro, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea.
Hyerang KimRed Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-Ro, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea.
Yoonju LeeCollege of Nursing, Pusan National University, 49 Busandaehak-ro, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 50612, Republic of Korea. lyj@pusan.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-7022

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea Grant NRF-2015R1C1A1A01054200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials examining the effect of psychosocial interventions on the quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer.

methodsWe searched the main health-related databases for relevant papers. Then, we examined the titles and abstracts of the retrieved papers, applying exclusion criteria to filter out irrelevant papers; a more in-depth filtering process was then conducted by reading the full texts. Eight studies remained at the end of this process. Next, we performed data extraction and assessed the methodological quality of the selected studies. This was followed by computation of effect sizes and the heterogeneity of the results, and then an assessment of the potential bias.

resultsThe systematic review found that most of the interventions in these eight studies did not have a significant effect on quality of life. Meanwhile, the meta-analysis, the overall effect of psychosocial interventions at the post-intervention period was found to be statistically significant but small.

conclusionsThis meta-analysis provides evidence for the beneficial effect of face-to-face psychosocial interventions on the quality of life of colorectal cancer patients. It is, however, suggested that further studies be conducted on this topic to assess the roles of physical functioning and severity of symptoms before utilizing such face-to-face interventions.

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Quality of LifeColorectal NeoplasmsHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicColorectal cancerMeta-analysisPsychosocial interventionsQuality of life

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PMID29884182
PMCPMC5994008

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