Systematic review of psychosocial interventions for adult cancer patients and their family caregivers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is becoming a public health issue in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This systematic review aims to synthesise psychosocial interventions and their effects on the health outcomes of adult cancer patients and their family caregivers in SSA. We identified eligible publications in English language from PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus with Full Text, Embase, APA PsycInfo, Scopus, and African Index Medicus databases. We included psychosocial interventions targeted adult cancer patients/survivors or their family caregivers in SSA. This review identified five psychosocial interventions from six studies that support adult cancer patients and their family caregivers in SSA. The interventions focused on providing informational, psycho-cognitive, and social

SUBMITTER: Guan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623887 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature