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Psychosocial interventions for adolescents and young adult cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Richter, Diana, Koehler, Michael, Friedrich, Michael, Hilgendorf, Inken, Mehnert, Anja, Weißflog, Gregor·2015·Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients experience unique psychosocial needs and developmental challenges. A cancer diagnosis can stress this development and disrupt AYAs in their normal life. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the impact of psychosocial interventions on mental health in AYAs. A literature research was conducted, which resulted in twelve eligible studies. The standardized mean difference between intervention and control conditions was 0.13 (95% CI: -0.16 to 0.42) for quality of life, 0.27 (95% CI: -0.22 to 0.76) for cancer-related knowledge and -0.16 (95% CI: -0.73 to 0.42) on psychological distress indicating, small and non-significant effects for interventions improving mental health. This work strengthens the need for age-appropriated interventions in psycho-oncology. Future research should develop interventions more graduated by age. Randomized intervention studies with larger samples and focusing psychosocial outcomes are needed to establish evidence-based psycho-oncological interventions for AYAs.

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Authors
Richter, D., Koehler, M., Friedrich, M., Hilgendorf, I., Mehnert, A., & Weißflog, G.
Affiliations
  • University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
  • University Hospital Magdeburg (DE)
  • Jena University Hospital (DE)
Corresponding author
Richter, Diana
Venue
Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-09
Volume
95
Issue
3
Pages
370-386
ISSN
1040-8428 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2124240750
Cited by
146
References
71
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FWCI
2.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
Keywords
adolescent and young adult cancer, psychosocial interventions, psycho-oncology, mental health, quality of life, psychological distress, age-appropriate interventions
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Humans, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Young Adult

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