SynthesisCancer2024
Interventions to mitigate cancer-related medical financial hardship: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Financial toxicity among patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Financial Navigation for People Newly Diagnosed With Cancer: Primary Outcomes From the Cancer Financial Experience Randomized Trial.JCO oncology practice · 2025Trial
- Demystifying financial toxicity measures: semi-structured interviews comparing COST-FACIT and ENRICh among cancer survivors on targeted oral anticancer medications (TOAMs).Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Financial Toxicity Among Disaggregated Asian American Cancer Survivors.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Behavioral and Psychological Financial Hardship Among Caregivers of Pediatric Cancer Patients.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Addressing financial and health-related social needs among patients with cancer: Study protocol for CAN-ASSIST pilot clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Crowdsourcing Cancer Survivors' Perspectives on the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Financial Hardship Interventions.JCO oncology practice · 2026Article
- Persistent Financial Burden Among U.S. Cancer Survivors Despite Affordable Care Act Implementation: Implications for Survivorship Financial Education.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026Article
- Financial Toxicity among Survivors of Extremity and Pelvic Sarcoma: A Retrospective Study.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Predictors of Patient-Reported Financial Hardship in Patients Hospitalized With Critical Illness and Its Association With Patient Outcomes.CHEST critical care · 2026Article
- Financial Toxicity, Hope, and Satisfaction With Life in Patients Receiving Ambulatory Cancer Care.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Financial Hardship After Surgical Procedures.JAMA surgery · 2026Article
- Screened but Still Struggling: Challenges in Delivering Financial Assistance After Positive Financial Toxicity Screens.JCO oncology practice · 2025Article
- Profiles of resilience and patient activation among patients with colorectal cancer and an enterostomy: A latent profile analysis.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Financial toxicity on treatment outcomes in head & neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Relationships between financial distress and anxiety and depression in cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Financial Toxicity in ESKD.Kidney360 · 2025Article
- Review
- Pilot feasibility of a financial and health-related social needs navigation intervention (AYA-NAV) for adolescents and young adults with Cancer: Study protocol for a prospective, single-arm study.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Health-Related Social Needs and Associated Missed Imaging Appointments Among Patients With Cancer.Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study systematically reviewed interventions mitigating financial hardship in patients with cancer and assessed effectiveness using a meta-analytic method.
methodsPubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, CINAHL, and Web of Science were searched for articles published in English during January 2000-April 2023. Two independent reviewers selected prospective clinical trials with an intervention targeting and an outcome measuring financial hardship. Quality appraisal and data extraction were performed independently by two reviewers using a quality assessment tool. A random-effects model meta-analysis was performed. Reporting followed the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses guidelines.
resultsEleven studies (2211 participants; 55% male; mean age, 59.29 years) testing interventions including financial navigation, financial education, and cost discussion were included. Financial worry improved in only 27.3% of 11 studies. Material hardship and cost-related care nonadherence remained unchanged in the two studies measuring these outcomes. Four studies (373 participants; 37% male, mean age, 55.88 years) assessed the impact of financial navigation on financial worry using the comprehensive score of financial toxicity (COST) measure (score range, 0-44; higher score = lower financial worry) and were used for meta-analysis. There was no significant change in the mean of pooled COST score between post- and pre-intervention (1.21; 95% confidence interval, -6.54 to 8.96; p = .65). Adjusting for pre-intervention COST, mean change of COST significantly decreased by 0.88 with every 1-unit increase in pre-intervention COST (p = .02). The intervention significantly changed COST score when pre-intervention COST was ≤14.5.
conclusionA variety of interventions have been tested to mitigate financial hardship. Financial navigation can mitigate financial worry among high-risk patients.
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