Living with mesothelioma: a systematic review of mental health and well-being impacts and interventions for patients and their informal carers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer predominantly affecting the lung and abdominal linings. It can have a unique impact on mental health and well-being (MHWB) due to its incurability, poor prognosis and asbestos-exposure causation. This review's aims were to identify/synthesise international evidence on mesothelioma's MHWB impacts; explore MHWB interventions used by patients and carers; and identify evidence of their effectiveness.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Databases, searched March 2022 and March 2024, were MEDLINE; CINAHL; PsycINFO; Cochrane Library; ASSIA.

Eligibility criteria

We included study designs focusing on psychological impacts of living with mesothelioma and MHWB interventions used by patients and informal carers, published

SUBMITTER: Sherborne V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218022 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature