Psychosocial interventions for informal caregivers of lung cancer patients: a systematic review
Abstract
Objective Caregivers of patients with lung cancer often face physical, emotional, and financial distress, which not only negatively affects the caregivers' mental health and quality of life but may also impact patients' well-being. The purpose of this systematic review is to examine the content, delivery, and efficacy of psychosocial interventions targeting caregivers of lung cancer patients. Methods Studies included in this systematic review assessed psychosocial interventions for caregivers of lung cancer patients that were published in English between January 2009 and December 2017. These interventions focused on burden, mental health, quality of life, self-efficacy, and/or coping as outcome measures. CINAHL, PubMed, PsycInfo, Science Direct, and Web of Science databases were searched using the terms (lung cancer OR lung neoplasms OR thoracic cancer) AND (caregiver OR caregiving) AND (intervention OR program) to systematically review the relevant literature on this topic. Results From the 22 studies included in this systematic review, interventions were classified into four categories: communication-based interventions, coping skills training interventions, multicomponent interventions, and stress reduction interventions. The majority of the interventions (especially communication-based and multicomponent) led to improvement, albeit not always statistically significant, in one or more outcomes; however, the most frequently reported improvements included, burden, distress,…
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Caregivers of patients with LC report receiving minimal psychosocial care.
“Caregivers of patients with LC report feeling unprepared, lacking caregiving resources,11,12 having low self-efficacy for managing patient symptoms, experiencing significant emotional distress,13, 14, 15 and receiving minimal psychosocial care.6,16,17”
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- Authors
- Kedia, S. K., Collins, A., Dillon, P. J., Akkus, C., Ward, K. D., & Jackson, B. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Memphis (US)
- Kent State University at Stark (US)
- Baptist Memorial Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kedia, Satish K.
- Venue
- Psycho-Oncology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2019-11-24
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 251-262
- ISSN
- 1057-9249 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1611
- OpenAlex
- W2988078366
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 0.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psycho-Oncology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
- Keywords
- psychosocial interventions, informal caregivers, lung cancer, caregiver burden, caregiver distress, mental health, quality of life, self-efficacy, coping, communication intervention, coping skills training, multicomponent intervention, stress reduction, caregiver education
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Anxiety, Depression, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Psychotherapy, Quality of Life, Caregivers, Self Efficacy
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