Review
Nursing
Natalia Sak-Dankosky, Paula Sherwood, Katri Vehvilainen-Julkunen, Tarja Kvist
Summary: This study aimed to assess and describe psychosocial interventions for cancer patient caregivers, and provided recommendations. The findings showed a wide range of successful interventions that can be included in nursing care plans, but emphasized the importance of reporting effect sizes, focusing on specific caregiver needs, and improving recruitment, retention strategies, and sustainability of interventions.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2022)
Review
Oncology
Ting Guan, Yousef Qan'ir, Lixin Song
Summary: This systematic review examined interventions promoting illness uncertainty management among cancer patients and family caregivers, finding multi-component interventions to be promising. Interventions typically include informational, emotional, appraisal, and instrumental support. Future interventions should be tested in more diverse populations to enhance effectiveness.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Yvonne N. Becque, Maaike van der Wel, Muzeyyen Aktan-Arslan, Anne Geert van Driel, Judith A. C. Rietjens, Agnes van der Heide, Erica Witkamp
Summary: This study systematically examines the characteristics and effectiveness of interventions to support family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. The results show that most interventions have positive effects on the psycho-emotional, daily functioning, and social dimensions of family caregivers. Overall, these interventions are beneficial for the well-being of family caregivers, and different target populations are associated with different outcome dimensions.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Min Yang, Rui Sun, Yanfeng Wang, Haiyan Xu, Baohua Zou, Yanmin Yang, Minghua Cong, Yadi Zheng, Lei Yu, Fei Ma, Tinglin Qiu, Jiang Li
Summary: This study will conduct a randomized N-of-1 trial at the Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, comparing the effectiveness of MBSR and psychological consultation guided by NST for the psychological status of FCs to select a more suitable intervention for FCs of advanced cancer patients in China.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ting Guan, Paz Cook, Shenmeng Xu, Lisa Hart Ranzinger, Jamie L. Conklin, Abdulrahman Abdulmuslih S. Alfahad, Yu Ping, Karl Shieh, Susana Barroso, Natalia Villegas, Lixin Song
Summary: This study systematically examined the characteristics and outcomes of family-based psychosocial interventions for adult Latino patients with cancer and their caregivers. The interventions had beneficial effects on the psychosocial outcomes of both patients and caregivers. However, there is a lack of research on psychosocial interventions specifically focused on adult Latino cancer patients and their caregivers.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Nursing
Qinqin Cheng, Binbin Xu, Marques S. N. Ng, Yinglong Duan, Winnie K. W. So
Summary: Psychoeducational interventions have positive short-term effects on anxiety, depression, quality of life, and self-efficacy in caregivers of patients with cancer. They also have long-term positive effects on physical health. Effective psychoeducational interventions include tasks related to healthcare, caregiver self-care and stress management, and relationship and coping skills. Further high-quality randomized controlled trials with longer follow-up periods are needed to specify the optimal combination of interventions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Ronald Chow, Jean J. Mathews, Emily YiQin Cheng, Samantha Lo, Joanne Wong, Sorayya Alam, Breffni Hannon, Gary Rodin, Rinat Nissim, Sarah Hales, Dio Kavalieratos, Kieran L. Quinn, George Tomlinson, Camilla Zimmermann
Summary: This study examined the effectiveness of interventions offering support for caregivers of patients with advanced cancer on caregiver quality of life (QOL) and mental health outcomes. The findings suggest that interventions targeting caregivers, dyads, or patients and families can lead to improvements in caregiver QOL and mental health.
JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Junrui Zhou, Xuan Chen, Zhiming Wang, Qiuping Li
Summary: This review aimed to explore the characteristics and outcomes of couple-based communication interventions in the context of cancer. The findings suggested that cancer couples with distress or communication problems before intervention were more likely to benefit from these interventions. Positive outcomes were reported in terms of relationship and individual functioning. These findings highlight the importance of improving mutual communication behaviors to enhance psychosocial adaptation to cancer, and further research is needed to develop more efficacious interventions.
Article
Oncology
Tao Wang, Alex Molassiotis, Jing-Yu Tan, Betty Pui Man Chung, Hou-Qiang Huang
Summary: This study examined the palliative care needs of advanced cancer patients and their caregivers in China. The results showed that patients mainly had unmet needs in financial, informational, physical (pain), and psychological domains, while caregivers commonly reported unmet needs related to healthcare staff, information, and hospital facilities. Factors such as symptom distress, anxiety and depression, coping strategies, and caregiver quality of life were identified as key predictors of the needs of both patients and caregivers.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Azam Naghavi, Samaneh Salimi, Winfried Rief, Pia von Blanckenburg
Summary: The majority of participants, especially in the caregiver group, agreed with the right of patients to know the diagnosis and prognosis, and also wished to know if they ever had cancer. However, around 64% of caregivers never talked about cancer with the affected patients.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Qin Liu, Fang Ye, Xiaolian Jiang, Changtao Zhong, Jinmei Zou
Summary: The aim of this systematic review was to determine whether psychosocial interventions have a positive effect on the quality of life, depression, and anxiety of caregivers of breast cancer patients. The results showed that these interventions significantly improved the caregivers' quality of life and reduced their levels of depression and anxiety. Face-to-face methods should be considered when conducting psychosocial interventions. Future studies should focus on long-term interventions for spouses or partners of breast cancer patients.
Review
Oncology
Jasbir Bisht, Priyanka Rawat, Ujala Sehar, P. Hemachandra Reddy
Summary: Cancer is a disease characterized by abnormal cell division and tissue damage. It is a leading cause of death, and there are notable differences in cancer incidence and outcomes by race and ethnicity in the US. Hispanics have lower cancer incidence but fewer cancer screenings, leading to delays in diagnosis, treatment, and higher death rates. Cultural values and caregiving aspects among Hispanics influence their health behaviors and care choices. This review focuses on cancer risk factors, caregiving, and interventions for reducing burden among Hispanic caregivers.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fang Lei, Eunice Lee, Joosun Shin, Shin-Young Lee
Summary: This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of non-pharmacological interventions on the depression and anxiety symptoms of informal caregivers of lung cancer patients. The results showed that cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based interventions, telephone-based interventions, and group-based interventions were effective in improving the psychological health of informal caregivers.
Review
Oncology
Valentyn Fournier, Christelle Duprez, Delphine Grynberg, Pascal Antoine, Kristopher Lamore
Summary: Digital supportive care interventions for cancer patients and their relatives have shown effectiveness in physical activity outcomes, but have mixed results in emotional outcomes and quality of life. Most included studies also lacked methodological quality, suggesting the need for further research in this area with adapted methodologies.
Review
Oncology
Jocelyn Zhi Jia Lee, Hui-Chen Chen, Jia Xin Lee, Piyanee Klainin-Yobas
Summary: This systematic review found that psychosocial interventions had significant improvement on quality of life and depression symptoms among caregivers of advanced cancer patients, but not on anxiety symptoms, with non-significant effects at follow-up assessments. The overall quality of evidence was rated very low, and caution is needed when interpreting the results. Future randomized control trials with lower risk of bias, larger sample size, detailed participant characteristics, and informative interventions are desirable.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)