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SynthesisCritical reviews in oncology/hematology2021

Can mHealth interventions improve quality of life of cancer patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Inesa Buneviciene, Rania A Mekary, Timothy R Smith, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Adomas Bunevicius

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Synthesis in Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05576545 (Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Self-Care Smartphone Application on the Self-Efficacy, and Resilience Among Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 65 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

NCT05576545 nacompletednot on this map

Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Self-Care Smartphone Application on the Self-Efficacy, and Resilience Among Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment

TypeinterventionalSponsorKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial HospitalRan2020 to 2022Enrolled73ConditionsBreast Cancer, Breast Neoplasm, Breast Malignant Tumor, ResilienceArmsThe Breast Cancer Self-Care App
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Effectiveness of eHealth interventions in long-term follow-up care for breast and gynecological cancer survivors: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  20. Beyond tumor biology: nursing interventions for psychological and immune health in cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Inesa BunevicieneDepartment of Public Communications, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Rania A MekaryComputational Neuroscience Outcomes Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Pharmaceutical Business and Administrative Sciences, School of Pharmacy, MCPHS University, Boston, MA, United States.
Timothy R SmithComputational Neuroscience Outcomes Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jukka-Pekka OnnelaDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Adomas BuneviciusComputational Neuroscience Outcomes Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: a.bunevicius@yahoo.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mHealth can be used to deliver interventions to optimize Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of cancer patients. In this systematic-review and meta-analysis, we explored the possible impact of health interventions delivered via mHealth tools on HRQoL of cancer patients. The systematic literature search was performed on July 20, 2019, to identify studies that evaluated the impact of mHealth intervention on HRQoL of cancer patients. We identified 25 studies (17 randomized controlled trials and 8 pre-post design studies; 957 patients) that evaluated mHealth interventions. The most commonly studied mHealth interventions included physical activity/ fitness interventions (9 studies), cognitive behavioral therapy (6 studies), mindfulness/ stress management (3 studies). In the majority of studies, mHealth interventions were associated with an improved HRQoL of cancer patients. The meta-analysis of the identified studies supported the positive effect of mHealth interventions for HRQoL of cancer patients. mHealth interventions are promising for improving HRQoL of cancer patients.

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NeoplasmsTelemedicineExerciseHumansQuality of LifeCancerHealth related quality of lifeInterventionmHealthSmartphones

Identifiers

PMID33190065
PMCPMC7574857

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