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Self-management intervention for head and neck cancer couples: Results of a randomized pilot trial.
Trial report in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effectiveness of dyadic interventions on family function, caregiver burden and symptom distress for cancer patients and family caregivers: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
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- Mind over Malignancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Distress, Coping, and Therapeutic Interventions in Oncology.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of marital self-disclosure on marital relationship and psychological outcome for cancer patients: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- The Challenges of Enrollment and Retention: A Systematic Review of Psychosocial Behavioral Interventions for Patients With Cancer and Their Family Caregivers.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of couple-based intervention on sexuality and the quality of life of cancer patients and their partners.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Nonpharmacologic interventions for managing distress, anxiety, and depression for patients with cancer and their family caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.CA: a cancer journal for cliniciansPooled it
- Enhancing Self Care Among Oral Cancer Survivors Using a Digital Approach: The Empowered Survivor Trial.Psycho-oncology · 2026Trial
- Effects of home disease management strategies based on the dyadic illness management theory on elderly patients with chronic heart failure and informal caregivers' physical and psychological outcomes: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Trial
- Dyadic Yoga for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation and their Family Caregivers.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2024Trial
- Couple-based communication intervention for head and neck cancer: a randomized pilot trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Trial
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-Modality Self-Management Intervention for Head and Neck Cancer Caregivers: A Pilot Randomized Trial.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Development and validation of a self-management ability scale for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy (SMA-HNC).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Analysis of Self-Disclosure and Empathic Interaction Willingness Among Couples with Malignant Gynaecological Tumours.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Latent Profile Analysis of Post-Surgical Psychological Distress in Young Thyroid Cancer Patients and Its Association with Self-Management Efficacy.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
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- Optimizing presurgical education for patients with head and neck cancer receiving laryngectomy and free flap surgery: A qualitative study.Head & neck · 2024Article
- Development of a marital self-disclosure programme for alleviating the fear of cancer recurrence in patients with gastric cancer and undergoing chemotherapy: a modified Delphi method.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Underserved head-and-neck and lung cancer patient characteristics are associated with caregiver participation in a clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with head and neck cancer (HNC) experience significant physical and psychological morbidity during radiotherapy (RT) that contributes to treatment interruptions and a poor quality of life. Although spouses/partners can help by encouraging patient self-management (eg, self-care) during RT, they often experience high psychological distress rates, lack basic health care knowledge and skills, and report increased marital conflict regarding patient self-management. The current pilot study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a 6-session telephone-based intervention called Spouses coping with the Head And neck Radiation Experience (SHARE), which teaches self-management, communication, and coping skills to patients with HNC and their spouses. The treatment effects of SHARE compared with usual medical care (UMC) in controlling patient physical symptoms and improving patient/spouse psychological and marital functioning also were examined.
methodsThirty patients who initiated RT and their spouses (60 participants; 40% of whom were racial/ethnic minorities) were randomized to SHARE or UMC, and preintervention and postintervention assessments were completed.
resultsSolid recruitment (70%) and low attrition rates (7%) demonstrated feasibility. Strong program evaluations and homework completion rates (72%) supported acceptability. Significant treatment effects (medium in magnitude) were observed for SHARE compared with UMC with regard to HNC-specific physical symptom burden (Cohen's d, -0.89) and symptom interference (Cohen's d, -0.86). Medium to large effects favoring SHARE also were found for patient and spouse depressive symptoms (Cohen's d, -0.84) and cancer-specific distress (Cohen's d, -1.05).
conclusionsThe findings of the current study support the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of SHARE. They also suggest that programs that empower HNC couples with the necessary skills to coordinate care and manage the challenges of RT together hold great promise for controlling a patient's physical symptoms and improving the psychological functioning of both partners.
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