Digital Health Interventions to Improve Mental Health in Patients With Cancer: Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health plays a key role across the cancer care continuum, from prognosis and active treatment to survivorship and palliative care. Digital health technologies offer an appealing, cost-effective tool to address psychological needs.

Objective

This umbrella review aims to summarize and evaluate the available evidence on the efficacy of digital health interventions for improving mental health and psychosocial outcomes for populations with cancer.

Methods

Literature searches were conducted in Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science from their inception to February 4, 2024. Systematic reviews (with or without meta-analysis) investigating the efficacy of digital health interventions for psychosocial variables in patients w

SUBMITTER: Zhong C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11890151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature