SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022
Informational support for depression and quality of life improvements in older patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Moderating Effects of Clinical and Social Factors on Fatigue Improvement After an Online Peer-Led Fatigue Self-management Intervention in People With Systemic Sclerosis: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
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- Moderators of interdependent psychological distress in cancer survivor-caregiver dyads.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2025Article
- Effects of Social Support Provided by Disabled Older Adults to Others on Their Own Depressive Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Model.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Fatigue, Emotional Distress, and Illness Uncertainty in Patients with Metastatic Cancer: Results from the Prospective NEOETIC_SEOM Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
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purposeTo assess and summarize the effects of informational support on depression and quality of life of older patients with cancer.
methodsPubMed, MEDLINE, and Web of Science were searched to identify articles written in English and published until March 2021. Studies within 10 years period (2010-2021) were included. Randomized controlled trials were included if they evaluated the impact of informational support on depression and quality of life. All analyses were performed with Review Manager 5.3.
resultsTwelve studies with a total of 2374 participants met the inclusion criteria. Our primary outcomes included depression and quality of life. (1) Depression: results indicated no statistically significant difference and low heterogeneity [SMD = 0.28, 95% CI (- 0.24,0.80), p = 0.45; I
conclusionsInformational support could reduce depression and did improve the quality of life in older cancer patients with statistical significance. The findings suggested that informational support was an effective approach to improve depression and quality of life in older patients with cancer.
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