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ArticleMethods and protocols2021

Mind-Body Therapies for Cancer Patients Living with Depression, Anxiety or Insomnia (MIRACLE): A Systematic Review with Individual Participant Data Network Meta-Analysis.

Yoann Birling, Sarah Nevitt, Deep Jyoti Bhuyan, Mingxian Jia, Fan Feng, Linda Ellen Carlson, Tiffany Pham, Jing Liu, Zahra Ayati, Liyi Nyiam and 2 more

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Article in Methods and protocols, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Yoann BirlingNICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia.
Sarah NevittInstitute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GF, UK.
Deep Jyoti BhuyanNICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9736-0197
Mingxian JiaInstitute of Chinese Medicine, China Resources Sanjiu Medical and Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518110, China.
Fan FengBenson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Linda Ellen CarlsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
Tiffany PhamSchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia.
Jing LiuSchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9791-8111
Zahra AyatiNICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2959-1919
Liyi NyiamPre-Disease Treatment Department, The Gulou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Beijing, Beijing 100009, China.
Zhichao YuSchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia.
Paul FaheySchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6351-9876
Western Sydney University · AUBeijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNChina Resources (China) · CNMassachusetts General Hospital · USNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression, anxiety, and insomnia are common in cancer patients. Mind-body therapies (MBTs) are promising forms of treatment for cancer patients living with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness and acceptability of MBTs in cancer patients living with depression, anxiety, or insomnia. EMBase, PubMed, Cinahl, PsychINFO, IndMED, CSI-NISCAIR, CNKI, Clinicaltrial.gov, ChiCTR, and CTRI will be searched until October 2020 for relevant studies. Randomized controlled studies in which MBTs were tested in a cancer population will be selected. The authors of the selected studies will be contacted to obtain individual participant data. The participants who reached a defined clinical threshold for depression, anxiety, or insomnia will be selected for the three sub-studies on depression, anxiety, and insomnia, respectively. Pairwise and network meta-analyses will be used to assess the changes in depression, anxiety, sleep quality, and completion rate. We will assess the effect of the treatment dose (number and frequency of interventions) on effectiveness. The results of this study will inform clinical decision-making for the treatment of psychological disturbances in cancer patients. If MBTs are found effective, they will potentially be recommended as treatments for cancer patients with psychological symptoms.

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anxietycancerdepressioninsomniamind-bodymindfulnessqigongrelaxationtai chiyoga

Identifiers

PMID34698240
PMCPMC8544545
OpenAlexW3207724019

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