A systematic review of health-related quality of life outcomes in psychosocial intervention trials for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Cancer Institute has catalyzed research in adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology by identifying the need for supportive care intervention studies and psychometrically robust health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures. We evaluated progress toward these goals (1) examining changes in the number of registered psychosocial intervention trials being conducted with AYAs over time; (2) determining what domains of HRQOL were assessed across these intervention trials; and (3) identifying the most frequently used measures of HRQOL.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of psychosocial intervention trials for AYAs registered on ClinicalTrials.gov from 2007 to 2021. Following identification of relevant trials, we extracted the outcome measures and de

SUBMITTER: Murphy KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527433 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature