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Psychosocial Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed with Cancer During Adolescence: A Critical Review

Walker, Emma, Martins, Ana, Aldiss, Susie, Gibson, Faith, Taylor, Rachel M.·2016·Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

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Adolescents and young adults (AYA) face individual and social challenges different to other age groups that shape their experience of cancer and the associated psychological distress. This critical review examined the availability of AYA-specific psychosocial interventions to assess the impact they have and identify elements that make them successful. Five literature databases were searched for psychosocial intervention studies involving AYAs with cancer, on and off treatment, aged 10-30 years, published between 1980 and 2016. Eleven out of 42 identified studies were included in the final review after quality assessment. All but two interventions showed positive results on at least one measure of psychosocial well-being. A distinctive difference between the supportive needs of those on and off treatment was noted, and differences in intervention design and delivery formats were identified between the two subgroups. Analysis of specific intervention characteristics that achieved the successful outcomes was more challenging due to the large variation in outcome measures used. This review demonstrates that psychosocial intervention research for AYA with cancer is increasing and the results show a potential benefit of intervention participation. Further work is needed to validate whether the benefits achieved by intervention participation remain over time.

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Authors
Walker, E., Martins, A., Aldiss, S., Gibson, F., & Taylor, R. M.
Affiliations
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • University College Hospital (GB)
  • University of Surrey (GB)
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
Corresponding author
Taylor, Rachel M.
Venue
Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
Published
2016-12
Volume
5
Issue
4
Pages
310-321
ISSN
  • 2156-5333 (ISSN-L)
  • 2156-535X
OpenAlex
W2513672998
Cited by
45
References
32
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5
FWCI
0.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute for Health and Care Research (RP-PG-1209-10013)
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
adolescents and young adults, cancer, psychosocial interventions, psychological distress, psychosocial well-being, intervention design, intervention delivery format
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Stress, Psychological, Survival Analysis, Young Adult

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