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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2021

Factors related to the resilience and mental health of adult cancer patients: a systematic review.

Saori Tamura, Kumi Suzuki, Yuri Ito, Akiko Fukawa

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Hope and its associated factors in cancer patients undergoing drug therapy: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  6. Classifying family resilience trajectory of patients undergoing lung cancer surgery: a longitudinal study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  7. Resilience in people with severe mental illness and cancer, a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  10. Associations of personality profiles with stress and resilience characteristics among patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy.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

4 authors.

Saori TamuraDoctoral Program, Graduate School of Nursing, Osaka Medical College, 7-6, Hatchonishimachi, Takatsuki City, Osaka, 569-0095, Japan. dekopon.r@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-5025
Kumi SuzukiFaculty of Nursing, Osaka Medical College, 7-6, Hatchonishimachi, Takatsuki City, 569-0095, Osaka, Japan.
Yuri ItoDepartment of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Center, Osaka Medical College, 2-7, Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki City, 569-8686, Osaka, Japan.
Akiko FukawaFaculty of Nursing, Osaka Medical College, 7-6, Hatchonishimachi, Takatsuki City, 569-0095, Osaka, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIt has been reported that maintaining the mental health of cancer patients is a critically important issue, and that resilience is related to mental health. This study conducted a systematic literature review in order to fully understand the relationships between resilience and anxiety, depression, and quality of life (QOL) in adult cancer patients, as well as identify factors associated with resilience.

methodsThe PubMed, CINAHL, Psychology Database, and ICHUSHI Web databases were searched for articles related to resilience in cancer patients published between 2014 and 2019 using the keywords "cancer" and "resilience," connected with "and." The extracted articles that met inclusion criteria were organized using a matrix. To understand the resilience status of adult cancer patients, meta-analyses were performed using resilience scores measured with the most commonly used resilience scale, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 25.

resultsThirty-nine articles were included in the analysis. A higher resilience score is associated with lower anxiety and depression scores and higher QOL scores. Factors related to resilience include personal factors such as age and gender, disease-related factors such as the presence or absence and severity of physical symptoms, and internal factors such as self-efficacy and hopefulness.

conclusionsIt was found that it is important for cancer patients to improve resilience to maintain mental health and QOL. The findings suggest that providing interventions for factors that will reduce resilience will provide support for patients with cancer.

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FemaleHumansMaleMental HealthNeoplasmsQuality of LifeResilience, PsychologicalAnxietyCancerDepressionQOLResilience

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PMID33512578

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