SynthesisAmerican journal of men's health
Health-Related Quality of Life Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer: A Qualitative Systematic Review.
Synthesis in American journal of men's health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Testicular cancer (TCa) can precipitate ongoing psychosocial/physical morbidity post-treatment, despite high rates of cure. We conducted a systematic review to synthesise three decades of primary qualitative research on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) to inform the design of supportive care pathways. We queried MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Web of Science for all qualitative studies published up to 26 October 2022 examining issues relevant to HRQoL in post-treatment TCa patients. Two independent reviewers appraised included studies for methodological quality using established guidance for evidence-based public health policy and analysed findings via thematic synthesis. Studies were analytically weighted by study quality. Studies were evaluated using GRADE-CERQual to produce confidence levels in findings. We included 18 studies, comprising 387 participants. Seven studies were graded high quality, eight medium quality, and three low quality. Emergent analytical themes were: (a) Residual psychological injury; (b) Information deficits and unnecessary anxiety; (c) Thwarted life trajectory; (d) Social disruption; (e) Undermined youth; (f) Health service abandonment; (g) Long-term sexual problems; and (h) Maladaptive coping and post-traumatic stress. All findings were deemed 'high confidence', except theme (g), which was of 'moderate confidence'. A limitation of the review was the relative dominance of Anglophone countries in the included studies. Some men treated for TCa are at risk of a range of post-treatment HRQoL issues, particularly psychosocial issues. Some individuals may be more at risk than others, based on specific personality traits, access to accurate and complete information about treatment recovery, and individual coping responses.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.