SynthesisHealth and quality of life outcomes2023
Impact of interventions on the quality of life of cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal research.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of rice bran arabinoxylan compound on quality of life of cancer patients during active treatment: a randomised placebo-controlled pilot trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Analysis of Metabolic and Quality-of-Life Factors in Patients With Cancer for a New Approach to Classifying Walking Habits: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Symptoms experienced during the first 4 months of chemotherapy administration: a longitudinal cohort study in an Australian cancer treatment unit.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Rice Bran Arabinoxylan Compound and Tryptophan Metabolism on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the RBAC-QoL Study.International journal of tryptophan research : IJTR · 2026Article
- Novel treatment strategies and key research priorities for patients with breast cancer and central nervous system (CNS) metastases.NPJ breast cancer · 2025Review
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- Analysis of the changes in health-related quality of life and employment status after surgery in patients with lung cancer: a single-center longitudinal study.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
- Trends in the use of Japanese herbal Kampo medicine in inpatients with cancer: a 14-year nationwide analysis.International journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Wellbeing status and priority concerns of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma: results of the EONS PROMs project international online survey.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Risk Factors Associated with Oral Intake Discontinuation in Hospitalized Patients with Aspiration Pneumonia: A Scoping Review.JMA journal · 2025Review
- Assessment of quality of life in cancer patients using anchoring vignettes: comparisons between mixed cancer patients, patients receiving palliative care, and the general population.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Pharmacist-led remote follow-up service for non-metastatic breast cancer patients: a prospective randomised controlled trial of pharmaceutical intervention.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Impact of Treatment on Quality of Life in Oropharyngeal Cancer Survivors: A 3-Year Prospective Study.Cancers · 2024Article
- Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients with Hematological Malignancy Compared to Healthy Controls: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JMA journal · 2024Review
- Advancements in skin cancer treatment: focus on photodynamic therapy: a review.American journal of cancer research · 2024Review
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Abstract
The impact of cancer interventions has been conducted in several research due to the significant burden of this non-communicable disease. The interventions that played an important role in the improvement of the patient's quality of life (QoL) and health-related quality of life (HRQL) can be classified into two main groups: pharmaceutical and non-pharmacological methods. However, studies so far often analyze a specific group of interventions for specific types of cancer. Thus, in this systematic review and meta-analysis, we synthesized the overall impact of cancer interventions on patients' quality of life in several cancers.In this research, we followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) to search the longitudinal original research on the Web of Science (WOS) database. After that, the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) and Jadad Scale were used to assess the quality of non-randomized control trials and randomized control trials, respectively. Then, the characteristics of the included studies were described in the six main fields table and the random effect model with robust estimation was applied to analyze the impact of interventions on the health utility of patients.From the database, 122 longitudinal original research were included in the meta-regression, with most of them having high or fair quality. The European Organization for the research and treatment of cancer scale for quality of life (EORTC-QLQ) was the most used health utility measurement at 65.15%. In the adjusted effect models, the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) had significant statistics in all models when we compared it with the EQ-5D Scale (p < 0.05) and several types of cancer such as breast, lung, and prostate cancer had significant statistics when comparing with hematological cancer in the model types of cancer (p < 0.01). Moreover, radiotherapy, screening, and a combination of chemotherapy and best supportive care also had significant statistics (p < 0.01) in the model of interventions when compared with radiotherapy applied only. Our research can suggest a vital combination of both pharmaceutical and non-pharmacological interventions to improve the quality of life of some common types of cancer patients.
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