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Effect of psychosocial interventions on the quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Heesook Son, Youn-Jung Son, Hyerang Kim, Yoonju Lee

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Background

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials examining the effect of psychosocial interventions on the quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer.

Methods

We searched the main health-related databases for relevant papers. Then, we examined the titles and abstracts of the retrieved papers, applying exclusion criteria to filter out irrelevant papers; a more in-depth filtering process was then conducted by reading the full texts. Eight studies remained at the end of this process. Next, we performed data extraction and assessed the methodological quality of the selected studies. This was followed by computation of effect sizes and the heterogeneity of the results, and then an assessment of the potential bias.

Results

The systematic review found that most of the interventions in these eight studies did not have a significant effect on quality of life. Meanwhile, the meta-analysis, the overall effect of psychosocial interventions at the post-intervention period was found to be statistically significant but small.

Conclusions

This meta-analysis provides evidence for the beneficial effect of face-to-face psychosocial interventions on the quality of life of colorectal cancer patients. It is, however, suggested that further studies be conducted on this topic to assess the roles of physical functioning and severity of symptoms before utilizing such face-to-face interventions.

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Title: Effect of psychosocial interventions on the quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Heesook Son
Youn-Jung Son
Hyerang Kim
Yoonju Lee
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-018-0943-6

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