SynthesisPsycho-oncology2019
Interventions to enhance self-efficacy in cancer patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Synthesis in Psycho-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07582666 (A Resource-Based Psychological Intervention to Enhance Well-Being in Cancer Participants), which is not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
A Resource-Based Psychological Intervention to Enhance Well-Being in Cancer Participants: Acceptability, Feasibility and Effects of the CAERES Protocol (Cancer Auto-Evaluation of RESources) - A Pilot Study in Italian-Speaking Switzerland
Who cites it
62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Health Interventions and Psychosocial Outcomes in Women With Breast Cancer: Systematic Review.JMIR cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Digital Health Interventions on Symptom Management and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients Undergoing Systemic Therapy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to enhance self-efficacy in cancer patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Psycho-oncology · 2019Pooled it
- Improving self-efficacy through nurse navigation in patients during treatment for colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Personality Feedback With Tailored Self-Care Recommendations Improves Self-Efficacy for Cancer Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Psycho-oncology · 2024Trial
- Impacts and Pathways of Behavioral Activation on Psychological Distress Among Patients Diagnosed With Esophageal and Gastric Cancer in China: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Cancer medicine · 2024Trial
- Digital Therapeutic (Mika) Targeting Distress in Patients With Cancer: Results From a Nationwide Waitlist Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Evaluating a shared care pathway intervention for people receiving chemotherapy to reduce post-treatment unplanned hospital presentations: a randomised controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Self-Efficacy for Symptom Management in Long-Term Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Survivors.Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2022Trial
- A Theory-Based, Multidisciplinary Approach to Cocreate a Patient-Centric Digital Solution to Enhance Perioperative Health Outcomes Among Colorectal Cancer Patients and Their Family Caregivers: Development and Evaluation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Tailored Approach to Sleep Health Education (TASHE): a randomized controlled trial of a web-based application.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Trial
- Implementation of a Mindful Walking Intervention in Breast Cancer Patients After Their Primary Oncologic Treatment: Results of a Qualitative Study Within a Randomized Controlled Trial.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Self-efficacy as a mediator between digital health literacy and self-care behaviors in older adults with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Article
- Association Between Post-Traumatic Growth and Stigma Among Post-Thyroidectomy Patients: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- Psychosocial factors in sustainable youth social work: enhancing resilience, self-efficacy, and pro-environmental behavior among Chinese youth.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Self-efficacy in the managing late sequelae in long-term breast cancer survivors in Spain.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Psychological capital in cancer patients and family caregivers: determinants, measurement, outcomes, and intervention strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
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2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveSelf-efficacy expectations are associated with improvements in problematic outcomes widely considered clinically significant (ie, emotional distress, fatigue, and pain), related to positive health behaviors, and as a type of personal agency, inherently valuable. Self-efficacy expectancies, estimates of confidence to execute behaviors, are important in that changes in self-efficacy expectations are positively related to future behaviors that promote health and well-being. The current meta-analysis investigated the impact of psychological interventions on self-efficacy expectations for a variety of health behaviors among cancer patients.
methodsOvid Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched with specific search terms for identifying randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that focused on psychologically based interventions. Included studies had (a) an adult cancer sample, (b) a self-efficacy expectation measure of specific behaviors, and (c) an RCT design. Standard screening and reliability procedures were used for selecting and coding studies. Coding included theoretically informed moderator variables.
resultsAcross 79 RCTs, 223 effect sizes, and 8678 participants, the weighted average effect of self-efficacy expectations was estimated as g = 0.274 (P < .001). Consistent with the self-efficacy theory, the average effect for in-person intervention delivery (g = 0.329) was significantly greater than for all other formats (g = 0.154, P = .023; eg, audiovisual, print, telephone, and Web/internet).
conclusionsThe results establish the impact of psychological interventions on self-efficacy expectations as comparable in effect size with commonly reported outcomes (distress, fatigue, pain). Additionally, the result that in-person interventions achieved the largest effect is supported by the social learning theory and could inform research related to the development and evaluation of interventions.
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