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The Relationship Between Illness Uncertainty and Social Support Among Cancer Patients: A Meta-analysis.
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- Development and Validation of a Machine Learning-Based Prediction Model for Illness Uncertainty in Patients with Malignant Tumors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Determinants of preventive behaviors against liver fluke and cholangiocarcinoma in Laos: A TPB-based cross-sectional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Illness uncertainty in individuals with gynecologic and breast cancer: A latent profile analysis and structural equation modeling.PloS one · 2026Article
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- The impact of life orientation on advance care planning engagement in surrogate decision-makers of terminal cancer patients: a chain mediation model of social support and uncertainty of disease.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
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- Determinants and Consequences of Parental Uncertainty in Childhood Cancer: A Systematic Review.Cancer management and research · 2025Review
- Severity, uncertainty, social support and coping style of parents who have children with epilepsy: a structural equation model.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- The Dyadic Relationship of Illness Uncertainty, Social Support, and Coping Styles in Patients with OSA and Their Co-Residents: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model Analysis.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Loneliness as a predictor of mortality in cancer patients, a cohort studyBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2024Article
- How social support influences learned helplessness in lung cancer patients: the chain mediation role of individual resilience and self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs a common psychological problem in cancer patients, illness uncertainty has attracted wide attention from scholars. Some studies have pointed out that the level of social support may affect illness uncertainty in patients with cancer, but the results of these studies remain controversial.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between illness uncertainty and social support in patients with cancer using meta-analysis.
methodsPubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, EBSCO, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, and VIP Citation Database were searched for articles published up to 2022. The screening of the literature, data extraction, and quality assessment of the included studies were performed independently by 2 researchers. Stata 17.0 software was used to analyze the overall and moderation effects.
resultsNotably, 41 studies involving 5403 patients were included. The results showed that the illness uncertainty of adults with cancer was moderately negatively correlated with social support ( r = -0.33). Country, publication year, cancer type, and instrument used to measure social support moderated the association between illness uncertainty and social support.
conclusionImproving the level of social support can reduce illness uncertainty experienced by adults with cancer to a certain extent. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This review provides a clear direction for implementing precise interventions to reduce illness uncertainty among adults with cancer. Furthermore, patients with cancer with high morbidity and mortality rates deserve greater attention from healthcare personnel and family caregivers.
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