SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2023
Relationship between social support and fear of cancer recurrence among Chinese cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Fear of cancer recurrence in oncohematological patients: assessment instruments and evidence-based psychological interventions - a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Ecosystem Barriers and Facilitators Linked to the Fear of Cancer Recurrence: An Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- The relationship between fear of cancer recurrence and posttraumatic growth: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Associated Factors Among Women with Female Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A nurse-led cross-sectional latent profile analysis of fear of cancer recurrence in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.Medicine · 2026Article
- Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Adaptation in Early Breast Cancer Survivorship: A Latent Profile Analysis.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026Article
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- Primary caregiver-reported family resilience in children with cancer in central China: a latent profile analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Perceived control of illness and social support predict subsequent fear of cancer recurrence in adults with cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Cancer Recurrence Fear and Return to Work in Breast Cancer Survivors:The Mediating Effects of Health Literacy.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
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- How social support influences learned helplessness in lung cancer patients: the chain mediation role of individual resilience and self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Fear of progression after cancer recurrence: a mixed methods study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: To quantitatively analyze the association between social support (SS) and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) by reviewing current evidence from observational studies. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was performed in nine databases from inception to May 2022. Observational studies that used both SS and FCR as study variables were included. Regression coefficient (β') and correlation coefficient ( Results: Thirty-seven studies involving 8,190 participants were identified. SS significantly reduced FCR risk [pooled β' = -0.27, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -0.364 to -0.172], with moderate negative correlations (summary Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review and meta-analysis to quantitatively investigate the association between SS and FCR in Chinese cancer patients using β' and Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier CRD42022332718.
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