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The relation between information provision and health-related quality of life, anxiety and depression among cancer survivors: a systematic review
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BACKGROUND: Providing information that is congruent with patients' needs is an important determinant for patient satisfaction and might also affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and anxiety and depression levels of cancer survivors. DESIGN: The authors systematically reviewed the available literature on the relationship between information provision and HRQoL, anxiety and depression. A PubMed literature search for original articles published until February 2010 was carried out. Twenty-five articles, all conducted between 1996 and 2009, which met the predefined inclusion criteria, were subjected to a quality checklist. RESULTS: Satisfied patients, patients with fulfilled information needs, and patients who experience less information barriers, in general have a better HRQoL and less anxiety and depression. Out of eight intervention studies that aimed to improve information provision, only one showed a positive association with better HRQoL. CONCLUSION: Health care providers must pay more attention to patient-centred information provision. Additional research is needed to make definitive conclusions about information interventions as most results did not reach statistical significance due to methodological constraints. The quick development of the relatively young research field of patient-reported outcomes in cancer survivorship will make it possible to conduct better quality studies in the future.
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“Psychological interventions before surgery have been observed to be a better coping strategy.”
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“Similarly, providing sufficient information to breast cancer patients helps them to understand the various aspects related to trauma and anxiety, and they are more prepared for better HRQoL when compared with women who do not have information.”
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What are the unmet supportive care needs of people with cancer? A systematic review
Harrison, J. D., Young, J. M., Price, M. A., Butow, P. N., & Solomon, M. J. (2009) · Supportive Care in Cancer · doi:10.1007/s00520-009-0615-5 · Cited by 905 · cited 1×
“However, the results of a systematic review show that 6–93% of the cancer patients report adequate information provision as an unmet need throughout their cancer experience [2].”
BackgroundCancer patients' information needs and information seeking behaviour: in depth interview study
Leydon, G. (2000) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7239.909 · Cited by 860 · cited 1×
“However, some information can elevate patients’ distress levels [39].”
BackgroundInformation needs of patients with cancer: results from a large study in UK cancer centres
Jenkins, V, Fallowfield, L., & Saul, J. (2001) · British Journal of Cancer · doi:10.1054/bjoc.2000.1573 · Cited by 845 · cited 2×
“Patients frequently report barriers to receive the information needed [3].”
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“HRQoL parameters providing prognostic information can facilitate clinical decision making in terms of better treatment selection for cancer patients [6–8].”
BackgroundQuality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors: A systematic review
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“independently assessed by all three investigators based on established criteria for systematic reviews (Table 1) [37, 38].”
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“A recent meta-analysis showed that psychosocial interventions should last 12 weeks or more to improve HRQoL [42].”
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“The information needs of cancer patients vary by gender, age, cultural background, educational level, cancer type, stage of disease and coping style [4, 5].”
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“Cancer survivors experience high levels of psychological distress, a range of feelings and emotions that people experience in reaction to cancer including depression and anxiety, with an important impact on HRQoL [10, 11].”
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“However, the benefit of the educational element for cancer survivors was supported by a review, which showed that cancer survivors who received sufficient information reported a better quality of life [48].”
BackgroundSatisfaction with information and unmet information needs in men and women with cancer
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“High satisfaction with the information received as well as low unmet needs have been found to be related to better quality of life and lower emotional distress, in terms of anxiety and depression, in both cross-sectional and prospective studies [2, 3, 10, 17, 24–28].”
BackgroundIllness perceptions in cancer survivors: what is the role of information provision?
Husson, O., Thong, M. S. Y., Mols, F., Oerlemans, S., Kaptein, A. A., & van de Poll-Franse, L. V. (2012) · Psycho-Oncology · doi:10.1002/pon.3042 · Cited by 172
“Appropriate information provision can result in informed decision making, Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. better treatment adherence, lower levels of distress (anxiety and depression), and higher levels of HRQoL, improved satisfaction with care and sense of control [11–16].”
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“Patient-reported outcome data for cancer survivors indicate that failing to meet the informational needs of survivors may contribute to poorer quality-of-life outcomes.(52) Young survivors with significant unmet informational needs are at increased risk of psychological distress in comparison with those diagnosed as o…”
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- Authors
- Husson, O., Mols, F., & van de Poll-Franse, L. V.
- Affiliations
- Tilburg University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Husson, O.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Annals of Oncology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-04
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 761-772
- ISSN
- 0923-7534 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3065875
- OpenAlex
- W2126686082
- Cited by
- 535
- References
- 48
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- FWCI
- 1.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Annals of Oncology (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Cancer Research Award from the Dutch Cancer Society (UVT-2009-4349)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Keywords
- information provision, cancer survivors, health-related quality of life, anxiety, depression, patient-centered care, patient satisfaction, information needs, information barriers, patient-reported outcomes, cancer survivorship
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Depression, Health Status, Humans, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Survivors, Information Literacy
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