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

Brain cancer patient and support persons' experiences of psychosocial care: a mapping of research outputs.

Lucy A P Boyd, Amy E Waller, David Hill, Rob W Sanson-Fisher

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Review 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 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lucy A P BoydHealth Behaviour Research Collaborative, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia. Lucy.Boyd@unimelb.edu.au.
Amy E WallerHealth Behaviour Research Collaborative, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0987-9424
David HillSchool of Population and Global Health and School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Rob W Sanson-FisherHealth Behaviour Research Collaborative, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Hunter Medical Research Institute · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Cancer Council NSW CSR 11-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople with brain cancer and their support persons (SPs) are critical sources of information on the components of care that contribute to psychosocial outcomes.

aimsTo determine the proportion of studies that examined (1) at least one of 14 nominated components of psychosocial cancer care and (2) more than one component of care.

methodsMedline, The Cochrane Library, PsycINFO and Embase were electronically searched for publications from January 1999 to December 2019. Publications that met the inclusion criteria were coded according to the number and type of psychosocial care components assessed from 14 listed components, and whether patient and/or SPs' views about care were elicited.

resultsOf the 113 included publications, 61 publications included patient-reported data only (54%), 27 included both patient and SP-reported data (24%) and 25 included SP-reported data only (22%). Most assessed a single component of care (77% of patient-reported and 71% of SP-reported). No publications assessed all 14 components. The "Psychosocial" component was the most frequently assessed component of care for patient-reported (n = 80/88, 91%) and SP-reported publications (n = 46/52, 88%).

conclusionsPublications reporting on psychosocial care in brain cancer present a relatively narrow view of patient and support person experiences. The inclusion of both patient and support person perspectives and the assessment of multiple components of care are required in future research to optimize psychosocial outcomes in brain cancer.

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Brain NeoplasmsPsychiatric RehabilitationHumansBrain cancerCancerPsycho-oncologyPsychosocialQuality of healthcareReviewScreening

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PMID33710411
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