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eHealth for improving quality of life in breast cancer patients: A systematic review

Triberti, Stefano, Savioni, Lucrezia, Sebri, Valeria, Pravettoni, Gabriella·2019·Cancer Treatment Reviews

Abstract

Breast cancer patients (and survivors) use to deal with important challenges daily, such as coping with stress and depression, and adopting healthy lifestyles in order to improve treatment effectiveness; moreover, some experiential issues are quite specific of this disease, such as sexuality and fertility disfunctions after hormonal therapy, and distortions in body image after breast surgery. Recent literature highlighted the utility of eHealth or the use of new technologies to promote health management and quality of life in chronic diseases generally. The present contribution aims at (1) exploring usage and effectiveness of eHealth resources to improve breast cancer patients/survivors' quality of life, and (2) describing whether existing eHealth interventions addressed specific characteristics of breast cancer, or employed a generic approach only. A systematic literature search according to PRISMA guidelines was performed. Twenty-four studies met inclusion criteria and were included. Discussion highlights a majority of encouraging results about eHealth in breast cancer patients' health management, especially in those interventions featuring eHealth tools for improving patients' abilities (e.g., coping) and complex eHealth systems with multiple resources. However, generic use of eHealth is still predominant over disease-focused solutions. Guidelines for future eHealth research and development are listed in order to promote technology design centered on the lived experience of specific illness.

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Authors
Triberti, S., Savioni, L., Sebri, V., & Pravettoni, G.
Affiliations
University of Milan (IT)
Corresponding author
Triberti, Stefano
Venue
Cancer Treatment Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-03
Volume
74
Pages
1-14
ISSN
0305-7372 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2910312199
Cited by
184
References
119
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 13
FWCI
2.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2019-12-01)
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cancer Treatment Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
European Union’s Horizon 2020 (643529)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Keywords
e-health, breast cancer, breast cancer survivors, quality of life, coping, depression, stress, health management, digital health interventions, body image, sexual dysfunction, lived experience, technology design
MeSH terms
Breast Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Quality of Life, Telemedicine

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