SynthesisIntegrative cancer therapies
The Efficacy of Reminiscence Therapy in Cancer-Related Symptom Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine Emotional Nursing in improving anxiety and depression symptoms in elderly patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on anxiety, depression, and quality of life in adult cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of a reminiscence therapy-involved program on anxiety, depression, and the quality of life in cancer patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on fatigue in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- The effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on the symptom management, the life satisfaction, and the self-transcendence in palliative care patients: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Influence of reminiscence therapy on mental health and quality of life in elderly patients with unresectable, metastatic gastrointestinal cancer.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2024Trial
- "Family-as-Root" and "Family-Centeredness" in hospice care: a concept analysis and implications for nursing practice.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of music therapy combining life review and songwriting in patients with terminal cancer: a pilot study based on a mixed methods investigation.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
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- Dignity in Medicine: Definition, Assessment and Therapy.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Evaluation of outcomes of psychological interventions in terminally ill family caregivers: a brief overview.Oncology reviews · 2024Review
- The Application of Fully Immersive Virtual Reality on Reminiscence Interventions for Older Adults: Scoping Review.JMIR serious games · 2023Article
- Reminiscence therapy-based care program alleviates anxiety and depression, as well as improves the quality of life in recurrent gastric cancer patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAt present, simple reminiscence has been widely used in the field of neurocognitive disorders, life review/life review therapy has been widely used in the field of cancer, and both simple reminiscence and life review/life review therapy are suitable for psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety. However, the efficacy of reminiscence in treating cancer-related symptom has not been fully assessed.
objectivesTo evaluate the effect of reminiscence therapy (RT) on relieving cancer-related symptoms such as anxiety and depression in cancer survivals.
methodsChina National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP database, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, China Biomedical Database, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, EBSCO, Scopus, and Ovid databases were searched. To collect clinical randomized controlled trials (RCT) on RT and cancer-related studies published from the establishment of the database to October 05, 2021. Two researchers independently evaluated the articles that met the inclusion criteria, meta-analysis was performed using RevMan5.4 software.
resultsA total of 20 RCTs published in 2010 to 2021 were included, with a total of 1853 cancer patients. Meta-analysis results showed that the anxiety scale (HADS-A and HAMA and SAS) and depression scale (HADS-D and HAMD and SDS) scores of the RT group were significantly lower than those of the control group (HADS-A:
conclusionThis review indicates that RT has significant efficacy on cancer-related symptoms such as anxiety and depression. RT for cancer survivals can effectively improve quality of life, self-hope, and self-esteem. The findings of this meta-analysis can provide direction for future symptom management research.
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