TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-Management Interventions for Psychological Distress in Adult Cancer Patients
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Goldberg, Jessica I.
AU - Schulman-Green, Dena
AU - Hernandez, Marisol
AU - Nelson, Judith E.
AU - Capezuti, Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Jessica Goldberg is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Future of Nursing Scholars Program.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Psychological distress is prevalent among cancer patients, who may be vulnerable to distress at times of transition, such as a change in symptom experience, employment, or goal of treatment. Independently, both psychological distress and transitions impair patients’ quality of life, and together their adverse impact may be intensified. Self-management allows patients to engage in tasks that influence the disease experience and can include strategies to help mitigate distress associated with transitions. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine research on the relationship between self-management interventions and distress in adult cancer patients receiving active tumor-directed therapy. From a search of seven electronic databases, 5,156 articles were identified; however, nine studies met inclusion criteria. Our review suggested that self-management interventions may help address psychological distress in patients receiving cancer treatment but that the current evidence is not robust enough to support a definitive conclusion.
AB - Psychological distress is prevalent among cancer patients, who may be vulnerable to distress at times of transition, such as a change in symptom experience, employment, or goal of treatment. Independently, both psychological distress and transitions impair patients’ quality of life, and together their adverse impact may be intensified. Self-management allows patients to engage in tasks that influence the disease experience and can include strategies to help mitigate distress associated with transitions. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine research on the relationship between self-management interventions and distress in adult cancer patients receiving active tumor-directed therapy. From a search of seven electronic databases, 5,156 articles were identified; however, nine studies met inclusion criteria. Our review suggested that self-management interventions may help address psychological distress in patients receiving cancer treatment but that the current evidence is not robust enough to support a definitive conclusion.
KW - cancer
KW - distress
KW - self-management
KW - systematic review
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945919845104
DO - 10.1177/0193945919845104
M3 - Article
C2 - 31007160
AN - SCOPUS:85064826451
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 41
SP - 1407
EP - 1422
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
IS - 10
ER -