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SynthesisPsycho-oncology2019

Systematic review of technology-based interventions to improve anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life among patients with prostate cancer.

Yousef Qan'ir, Lixin Song

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Synthesis in Psycho-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. For whom and what outcomes does cognitive-behavioral-therapy work among cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yousef Qan'irSchool of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-8615-4531
Lixin SongSchool of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Funding

Efficacy of a Couple-focused, Tailored, Symptom Self-Management mHealth Intervention for Prostate Cancer Patients and PartnersR01NR016990 · NINR · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SONG, LIXIN · 2017 to 2021
$2.6M
Enhancing Survivorship Care Planning for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer Using A Couple-focused Web-based Tailored Symptom Self-management ProgramR21CA212516 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SONG, LIXIN · 2017 to 2018
$364k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA212516NINR NIH HHS R01 NR016990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis review aimed to systematically evaluate the characteristics of technology-based interventions (TBIs) and their effectiveness on anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with prostate cancer.

methodsWe identified eligible research reports published in English language between January 1, 2000, and September 15, 2018, from CINAHL; Embase; "Library and Information Science Abstracts"; "Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts"; "Library and Information Science Source"; PsychINFO; and PubMed. We abstracted randomized control trials and quasi-experimental studies that measured the outcomes related to anxiety, depression, or HRQoL. We extracted the data using the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions guideline.

resultsAmong the six randomized control trials and four quasi-experimental studies that met our inclusion criteria, the TBIs aimed to provide informational, psychosocial, self-care management, and communication support. About 60-92% of the participants in six studies completed all required contents and 77-94% of the participants in four studies logged onto the TBI platform. Compared with the patients in usual care, the TBI users reported a significant reduction in anxiety (N=1 study) and depression (N=2 studies) and improvement in HRQoL (N=2 studies). We also identified the limitations of the existing TBI trials.

conclusionsWe found insufficient evidence to support the effectiveness of TBIs in improving health outcomes (anxiety, depression, and HRQOL) among patients with prostate cancer. Future research needs to (1) use rigorous randomized control trials, (2) be sufficiently powered to examine the effects of TBIs, and (3) examine how the effect of TBIs on health outcomes vary by actual intervention use, intervention components, and duration.

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InternetMobile ApplicationsTelemedicineAnxietyDepressionHumansMaleProstatic NeoplasmsQuality of Lifeanxietydepressioninterventionprostate cancerquality of lifesystematic reviewtechnology

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PMID31222956
PMCPMC7465427

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