SynthesisCancer medicine2024
Psychological Distress in Bladder Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Intensive nursing interventions for post-treatment anxiety and depression in bladder cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Sexual life and intimate relationship experience among bladder cancer patients: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring Patient Perspectives on Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer: A Qualitative Interview Study.Oncology and therapy · 2026Article
- Specialized Nursing-Led Interventions for Bladder Cancer Management: A Scoping Review of Evidence and Clinical Outcomes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Perioperative mental health needs in urological and genitourinary surgery: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Interactions between self-help and hospice and palliative care - Opportunities, barriers and needs (Self-Pall): A study protocol.PloS one · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to health management among patients receiving intravesical instillation.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Perioperative cognitive dysfunction in bladder cancer patients, causal factors, and possible interventions.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- The protective role of HCWs communication for the distress of newly diagnosed people with leukemia and lymphoma.PEC innovation · 2025Article
- Emotional stress: a prominent factor positively related to the onset and recurrence of bladder cancer as revealed by NHANES and a Chinese database.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Readability and Quality of Bladder Cancer Information from AI Chatbots: A Comparative Study Between ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Grok, Claude and DeepSeek.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Difficult conversations in bladder cancer survivorship: Integrating mental health and intimacy into routine urologic care.Bladder cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Article
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Abstract
objectiveBladder cancer patients experience high levels of disease and treatment-related distress, however, factors that can mitigate patient-reported psychological distress are poorly characterized. Thus, this study serves to summarize the burden of psychological distress among bladder cancer patients and identify clinical, psychological, and socioeconomic factors that are associated with varying levels of psychological distress.
methodsWe performed a systematic review of studies examining psychological distress in bladder cancer patients. We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO from October 2000 to February 2024 according to the PRISMA guidelines. Associations between clinical, psychological, socioeconomic factors, and psychological distress were identified in each study and extracted. The protocol for this review is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42024495568).
resultsUsing our search strategy, 759 articles were retrieved and 17 met inclusion criteria, representing 2572 bladder cancer patients. Tumor stage (n = 3), younger age (n = 2), female sex (n = 2) the preoperative setting (n = 2), depression/anxiety (n = 2), and negative psychological response to illness (n = 2) were common factors associated with increased psychological distress. Transitioning from the preoperative to the postoperative period (n = 2), postoperative inpatient rehabilitation (n = 2), feeling well informed (n = 2), and social support (n = 2) were associated with decreased psychological distress.
conclusionWhile clinical factors associated with increased psychological distress are nonmodifiable, clinical, psychological, and socioeconomic factors associated with decreased psychological distress can be improved upon by healthcare providers to mitigate the distress that bladder cancer patients experience.
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