SynthesisPsycho-oncology2021
A systematic review and meta-analysis of effects of psychosocial interventions on spiritual well-being in adults with cancer.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Spiritual well-being, faith, meaning in life, peace, and purpose in life for cancer-related fatigue: systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regressions.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions and health-related quality of life in adults with incurable cancer: systematic review.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life in Hispanic cancer survivors: a meta-analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Empowering Mothers: The Effects of Audio-Guided Meditation on Resilience and Spiritual Well-Being of Mothers of Children Diagnosed with Cancer in Türkiye-A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of religion and health · 2026Trial
- Meaning-centered pain coping skills training for patients with metastatic cancer: Results of a randomized controlled pilot trial.Psycho-oncology · 2023Trial
- Psychosocial interventions indicate prolonged survival in cancer patients in a systematic review, meta-analysis, and multiverse meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Communications psychology · 2026Article
- Spirituality as a Means of Adaptation to Life and Illness for Oncology Patients: A Scoping Review of Quantitative Studies between 2019 and 2025.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Effects of an Educational Intervention on Spirituality and Mental Health Among Healthcare Residents in Northeastern Brazil: A Single Group Experimental Study.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Psychosocial distress, perceived need and utilization of psycho- social support services in patients in the early phase after the first cancer diagnosis.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025Article
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- Spirituality and palliative care: international models and new perspectives.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Review
- Trajectories of Cancer Survivors' Spiritual Well-Being Through the Transition From Treatment to Early Survivorship.Psycho-oncology · 2024Article
- Cultural adaptation and validation of the Sinhala version of the spiritual needs assessment for patients (S-SNAP) questionnaire.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Existential suffering as an indication for palliative sedation: Identifying and addressing challenges.Palliative & supportive care · 2024Article
- Stigma, social support, and spirituality: associations with symptoms among Black, Latina, and Chinese American cervical cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Article
- A single-arm pilot of MyInspiration: a novel digital resource to support spiritual needs of patients undergoing cancer-directed surgery.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life After Mastectomy at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah.Cureus · 2023Article
- Does perceived post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic reflect actual positive changes?Anxiety, stress, and coping · 2023Article
- Spirituality in the Context of Well-being. Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties and Added Value of the Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List Short Form (SAIL-SF).Journal of happiness studies · 2023Article
- Evidence of validity of internal structure of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12) in Brazilian adolescents with chronic health conditions.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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7 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Objective: Spiritual well-being (SpWb) is an important dimension of health-related quality of life for many cancer patients. Accordingly, an increasing number of psychosocial intervention studies have included SpWb as a study endpoint, and may improve SpWb even if not designed explicitly to do so. This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluated effects of psychosocial interventions on SpWb in adults with cancer and tested potential moderators of intervention effects. Methods: Six literature databases were systematically searched to identify RCTs of psychosocial interventions in which SpWb was an outcome. Doctoral-level rater pairs extracted data using Covidence following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Standard meta-analytic techniques were applied, including meta-regression with robust variance estimation and risk-of-bias sensitivity analysis. Results: Forty-one RCTs were identified, encompassing 88 treatment effects among 3883 survivors. Interventions were associated with significant improvements in SpWb ( Conclusions: Psychosocial interventions are associated with small-to-medium-sized effects on SpWb among cancer survivors. Future research should focus on conceptually coherent interventions explicitly targeting SpWb and evaluate interventions in samples that are diverse with respect to race and ethnicity, sex and cancer type.
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