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ReviewAsia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing2022

Effectiveness and moderators of cancer patient-caregiver dyad interventions in improving psychological distress: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xuenan Pang, Yanfei Jin, Honghong Wang

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Review in Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Compendium of dyadic behavior change techniques v2.0: results from a Delphi study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025
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  12. Risk factors associated with the comprehensive needs of cancer caregivers in China.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xuenan PangXiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yanfei JinXiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Honghong WangXiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Central South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: As patients and family caregivers are increasingly viewed as a dyadic whole, growing studies have emerged that identify ways to improve the two parties' emotional distress. However, the specific effectiveness, quality, and optimal intervention details of these studies are unclear. Our objective is to synthesize the effectiveness of existing dyadic interventions for improving the psychological distress of cancer patient-caregiver dyads and identify potential moderators that influence intervention effectiveness. Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINHAL, Embase, and Clinical Trials were searched to identify all randomized controlled trials from inception until June 2021. Two reviewers performed the process independently. The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool was used for quality assessment. We calculated effect sizes (Hedges' adjusted Results: We included 28 articles, of which 12 were available for meta-analysis. In total, 4784 participants were included, who were primarily middle-aged ( Conclusions: Face-to-face, relatively shorter interventions led by psychologists in moderator analysis seem to have better performance. Cancer dyad-based interventions were efficacious in improving the emotional distress of both parties in the dyad, but the effect was more apparent in patients than in family caregivers. However, the long-term effects were modest for both groups.

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CancerDyadsFamily caregiversMeta-aanalysisPatientsPsychological distressSystematic review

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PMID35990241
PMCPMC9382138
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