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SynthesisJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2019

The effectiveness of mHealth for self-management in improving pain, psychological distress, fatigue, and sleep in cancer survivors: a systematic review.

Elizabeth Hernandez Silva, Sheleigh Lawler, Danette Langbecker

Registry-linked trialAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06377124 (A Smart Self-Management Support Programme), which is not on this map. Cited by 116 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06377124 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

A Smart Self-Management Support Programme (3S) to Improve Quality of Life in Patients With Lung Cancer - A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial With Mixed-method Evaluation

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of Hong KongRan2024 to 2026Enrolled320ConditionsLung CancerArms3S intervention, GH information
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth Hernandez SilvaCentre for Online Health/Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia. e.hernandezsilva@uq.net.au.ORCID 0000-0001-5159-8784
Sheleigh LawlerCancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
Danette LangbeckerCentre for Online Health/Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIntegrating mHealth into the cancer care continuum may be an effective strategy to improve cancer survivorship care by supporting self-management. We aim to assess the effectiveness of mHealth applications (apps) for self-management in improving pain, psychological distress, fatigue, or sleep outcomes in adult cancer survivors.

methodsExperimental quantitative studies evaluating apps aiming to support self-management for adult cancer survivors and reporting pain, psychological distress, fatigue, or sleep outcomes were included. PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, and CENTRAL databases were searched from inception through December 2017. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool (PROSPERO registration number CRD42017081182).

resultsSeven studies of six mHealth interventions (n = 949 participants) were included. Two randomized controlled trials (RCTs), one quasi-RCT, one non-RCT, and three single-arm studies involved survivors with a mix of cancer types. The most common app features were symptom questionnaires (n = 5) and progress tracking (n = 5). Four studies reported outcomes for pain, with three showing improvements. Two studies reported psychological distress outcomes, showing mixed results. Four studies reported improvements in fatigue post-intervention or in the intervention compared with control group, but the changes were not all statistically significant. Two studies reported improvements in sleep outcomes.

conclusionsThere is emerging evidence that mHealth interventions that support self-management can improve pain and fatigue outcomes in cancer survivors, and some promise for psychological distress and sleep outcomes. Further development and investigation of mHealth is needed, incorporating targeted, evidence-based models of care into app design. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: mHealth interventions can improve outcomes for cancer survivors and have significant potential to benefit this growing population due to their reach.

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Cancer SurvivorsPsychological DistressAdultCancer PainFatigueFemaleHumansMaleNeoplasmsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf-ManagementSleepTelemedicinemHealthMobile applicationsNeoplasmsSelf-managementSurvivorship

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PMID30635865
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