SynthesisBMC health services research2022
The effectiveness of case management for cancer patients: an umbrella review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A qualitative approach to understanding quality symptom management in routine oncology outpatient care: phase 1 of the symptom pathways project.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Dyadic Risk and Protective Factors of Caregiver Burden Among Partners of Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Network Approach.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
- Effects of Integrative Approaches for the Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Quasi-Experimental Studies.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning on Smartphone-Based Eye, Skin, and Voice Data: Scoping Review.JMIR AI · 2025Review
- A comparative analysis of patient satisfaction with various methods of digital smile design and simulation.Dental research journal · 2025Article
- Barriers to quality cancer care: a qualitative exploration of oncology case managers' experiences in facilitating guideline implementation in Taiwan.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- A latent class assessment of healthcare access factors and disparities in breast cancer care timeliness.PLoS medicine · 2024Article
- An Exploration of Shared Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease and Cancer from 109 Traits: The Evidence from Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Studies.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- The applications of internet of things in smart healthcare sectors: a bibliometric and deep study.Heliyon · 2024Review
- A novel approach for denoising electrocardiogram signals to detect cardiovascular diseases using an efficient hybrid scheme.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Innovative healthcare solutions: robust hand gesture recognition of daily life routines using 1D CNN.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Case Management Implications for Pediatric Patients With Congenital Heart Disease in China: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- Improved health outcomes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients 3 years after treatment by the AI-assisted home enteral nutrition management.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Biosensor-Based Multimodal Deep Human Locomotion Decoding via Internet of Healthcare Things.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Cancer-Related Pain Management in Suitable Intrathecal Therapy Candidates: A Spanish Multidisciplinary Expert Consensus.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundCase management (CM) is widely utilized to improve health outcomes of cancer patients, enhance their experience of health care, and reduce the cost of care. While numbers of systematic reviews are available on the effectiveness of CM for cancer patients, they often arrive at discordant conclusions that may confuse or mislead the future case management development for cancer patients and relevant policy making. We aimed to summarize the existing systematic reviews on the effectiveness of CM in health-related outcomes and health care utilization outcomes for cancer patient care, and highlight the consistent and contradictory findings.
methodsAn umbrella review was conducted followed the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Umbrella Review methodology. We searched MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Scopus for reviews published up to July 8th, 2022. Quality of each review was appraised with the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses. A narrative synthesis was performed, the corrected covered area was calculated as a measure of overlap for the primary studies in each review. The results were reported followed the Preferred reporting items for overviews of systematic reviews checklist.
resultsEight systematic reviews were included. Average quality of the reviews was high. Overall, primary studies had a slight overlap across the eight reviews (corrected covered area = 4.5%). No universal tools were used to measure the effect of CM on each outcome. Summarized results revealed that CM were more likely to improve symptom management, cognitive function, hospital (re)admission, treatment received compliance, and provision of timely treatment for cancer patients. Overall equivocal effect was reported on cancer patients' quality of life, self-efficacy, survivor status, and satisfaction. Rare significant effect was reported on cost and length of stay.
conclusionsCM showed mixed effects in cancer patient care. Future research should use standard guidelines to clearly describe details of CM intervention and its implementation. More primary studies are needed using high-quality well-powered designs to provide solid evidence on the effectiveness of CM. Case managers should consider applying validated and reliable tools to evaluate effect of CM in multifaced outcomes of cancer patient care.
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