ReviewCancers2023
Psychosocial Impact of Virtual Cancer Care through Technology: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Digital Health Interventions to Improve Mental Health in Patients With Cancer: Umbrella Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Connected care in a digital world: Engagement and telehealth use in older cancer survivors.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2026Article
- Technology-based psychosocial education for cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2026Article
- A Culturally Congruent Psychosocial Intervention for Latino Caregivers of Children with Cancer: Formative Evaluation and Preliminary Efficacy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of pre-treatment counseling on decisional regret of prostate cancer survivors Cross-sectional analysis of patient-reported experience following diagnosis or treatment.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2025Article
- Optimizing Virtual Follow-Up Care: Realist Evaluation of Experiences and Perspectives of Patients With Breast and Prostate Cancer.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Pain Management in Cancer Patients: The Effectiveness of Digital Game-based Interventions: A Rapid Literature Review.Healthcare informatics research · 2024Article
- Enhancing Cancer Supportive Care: Integrating Psychosocial Support, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Using Telehealth Solutions.JCO global oncology · 2024Review
- Understanding Colorectal Cancer Patient Experiences with Family Practitioners in Canada.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Group cohesion in online and in-person psychotherapy in a randomized control trial for cancer survivors.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
This meta-analysis of RCTs aimed to determine whether replacing face-to-face hospital care with telemedicine deteriorates psychosocial outcomes of adult cancer patients, in terms of quality of life (QoL), anxiety, distress, and depression. RCTs on interventions aimed at improving patient psychosocial outcomes were excluded. MEDLINE, EmBASE, and PsycInfo were searched on 13 May 2022 without language or date restrictions. In total, 1400 records were identified and 8 RCTs included (4434 subjects). Study methodological quality was moderate. Statistically significant improvements were observed in favor of the intervention for QoL (SMD = 0.22, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.43,
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