Non-pharmacological interventions on anxiety and depression in lung cancer patients' informal caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is one of the common cancers and the leading cause of death. Tremendous caregiving burden of informal caregivers of lung cancer causes psychological disorders, such as anxiety and depression. Interventions for informal caregivers of patients with lung cancer to improve their psychological health, which ultimately leads to patients' positive health outcomes, are crucial. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to: 1) evaluate the effect of non-pharmacological interventions on the outcomes of depression and anxiety for lung cancer patients' informal caregivers; and 2) compare the effects of interventions with differing characteristics (i.e. intervention types, mode of contact, and group versus individual delivery).

Methods

Four databases were

SUBMITTER: Lei F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010534 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature