Effects of web-based interventions on cancer patients’ symptoms: review of randomized trials

Fridriksdóttir, N.; Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún; Zoëga, Sigríður; Ingadóttir, Brynja; Hafsteinsdóttir, Elín J. G.

doi:10.1007/s00520-017-3882-6

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“…Web‐based survivorship interventions have been shown to reduce anxiety and improving HRQoL among breast cancer patients . Fridriksdottir et al reported in their review that web‐based interventions positively affected anxiety, depression, and HRQoL for cancer patients who mostly were breast or female cancer survivors . Previous studies have indicated that website attributes, Internet usage patterns, and habits are different across genders .…”

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“…28 HRQoL for cancer patients who mostly were breast or female cancer survivors. 9 Previous studies have indicated that website attributes, Internet usage patterns, and habits are different across genders. [29][30][31] The differences in the findings of our review and those from the other reviews suggest that the effects of TBIs may also vary by gender.…”

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“…Psychosocial and behavioral care delivered using technology‐based interventions (TBIs) has the potential to provide cost‐effective psychosocial care services to a large number of cancer patients and their families, to facilitate engagement in survivorship care, and to reduce the fear of stigma related to attending mental health services . Frequently used TBIs include web‐based programs, mobile apps, telehealth communication, and monitoring sensors to enhance individualized health care .…”

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“…7 Psychosocial and behavioral care delivered using technology-based interventions (TBIs) has the potential to provide cost-effective psychosocial care services to a large number of cancer patients and their families, to facilitate engagement in survivorship care, and to reduce the fear of stigma related to attending mental health services. 8,9 Frequently used TBIs include web-based programs, mobile apps, telehealth communication, and monitoring sensors to enhance individualized health care. 10 Although TBIs can be scalable to improve the psychological well-being and HRQoL among prostate cancer patients and meet their survivorship care needs, [11][12][13] little is known about the characteristics and effectiveness of TBIs on anxiety, depression, and HRQoL among patients with prostate cancer.…”

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Systematic review of technology‐based interventions to improve anxiety, depression, and health‐related quality of life among patients with prostate cancer

Qan’ir

Song

2019

Psycho-Oncology

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Objectives This review aimed to systematically evaluate the characteristics of technology‐based interventions (TBIs) and their effectiveness on anxiety, depression, and health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with prostate cancer. Methods We identified eligible research reports published in English language between January 1, 2000, and September 15, 2018, from CINAHL; Embase; “Library and Information Science Abstracts”; “Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts”; “Library and Information Science Source”; PsychINFO; and PubMed. We abstracted randomized control trials and quasi‐experimental studies that measured the outcomes related to anxiety, depression, or HRQoL. We extracted the data using the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions guideline. Results Among the six randomized control trials and four quasi‐experimental studies that met our inclusion criteria, the TBIs aimed to provide informational, psychosocial, self‐care management, and communication support. About 60‐92% of the participants in six studies completed all required contents and 77‐94% of the participants in four studies logged onto the TBI platform. Compared with the patients in usual care, the TBI users reported a significant reduction in anxiety (N=1 study) and depression (N=2 studies) and improvement in HRQoL (N=2 studies). We also identified the limitations of the existing TBI trials. Conclusions We found insufficient evidence to support the effectiveness of TBIs in improving health outcomes (anxiety, depression, and HRQOL) among patients with prostate cancer. Future research needs to (1) use rigorous randomized control trials, (2) be sufficiently powered to examine the effects of TBIs, and (3) examine how the effect of TBIs on health outcomes vary by actual intervention use, intervention components, and duration.

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Systematic review of technology‐based interventions to improve anxiety, depression, and health‐related quality of life among patients with prostate cancer

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Song

2019

Psycho-Oncology

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“…Electronic health (eHealth) interventions, defined as "health services and information delivered or enhanced through the internet and related technologies" (1) , have shown promising results in providing patients with self-management support (2) , symptom management (3) , enabling online patientprovider communication, monitoring and shared decision making (4) . eHealth interventions have the potential to optimize health-related processes, reach a large number of people and achieve cost effectiveness (5) .…”

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INNOVATIVE eHEALTH INTERVENTIONS IN NURSING RESEARCH. HOW TO UTILIZE A MIXED METHOD APPROACH TO DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Børøsund

Varsi

2019

Cienc. enferm.

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Electronic health (eHealth) interventions have shown promising results in optimizing self-management and care for patients. eHealth offers a large range of solutions to be used by the patient, nurses and other health professionals when providing care and follow-up for patients, families, and communities. Nurses, as the largest group of health care providers, have a responsibility in the development, research and implementation of eHealth interventions. The aim of this article is to describe methods, frameworks and models for development and testing of eHealth interventions, including security and privacy considerations and methods for implementation into the health care service. To succeed with development, testing and implementation of eHealth interventions, the following steps could be addressed: 1) base the intervention on existing evidence when available, 2) include all relevant stakeholders in the development phase, 3) develop a business model at project start and plan for implementation, 4) establish usability, acceptability, compliance, and delivery of the intervention through a feasibility pilot prior to larger studies, 5) test for intervention effect by using an appropriate study design and perform process-and economic evaluation to supplement findings, and 6) use appropriate implementation strategies to implement efficient interventions and evaluate the implementation.

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Mobile cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress: Diving back in after hematopoietic stem cell transplant

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� Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) can be traumatic, especially when involving a life-threatening incident (e.g., pulmonary embolism), but survivors often lack access to evidence-based treatment due to cost, distance, and their immunocompromised status � An HSCT survivor reported posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms precipitated by cancer and HSCT. Specifically, cancer-specific triggers, like hearing or seeing the word "cancer," and physical symptoms reminding her of the trauma were highly distressing � The current case engaged in a stepped-care intervention to manage PTSD symptoms: Four weeks of mobile health (mHealth) app use was followed by eight sessions of mHealth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (mCBT) � Tailored mCBT was successfully delivered remotely and showed promise in reducing cancer/HSCT-specific PTSD symptoms � In addition to reductions in PTSD symptoms, the current case demonstrated resilience and growth while participating in mCBT

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Effects of web-based interventions on cancer patients’ symptoms: review of randomized trials

Cited by 89 publications

References 65 publications

Systematic review of technology‐based interventions to improve anxiety, depression, and health‐related quality of life among patients with prostate cancer

Systematic review of technology‐based interventions to improve anxiety, depression, and health‐related quality of life among patients with prostate cancer

INNOVATIVE eHEALTH INTERVENTIONS IN NURSING RESEARCH. HOW TO UTILIZE A MIXED METHOD APPROACH TO DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Mobile cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress: Diving back in after hematopoietic stem cell transplant

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