Family Involvement Interventions on Fear of Cancer Recurrence Management Among Women With Breast Cancer and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family strengths can be used to help families adapt to hardship and strain. However, meta-analytic evidence of the effectiveness of family involvement interventions on fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) in women with breast cancer and their caregivers is lacking.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of family involvement interventions on FCR in women with breast cancer and their caregivers and to identify the characteristics of effective family involvement interventions.

Method

Ten electronic databases were searched from database inception to October 2023. The updated Cochrane risk-of-bias tool was used to assess the quality of the included randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Data analyses were executed with Revman 5.3 software, and subgroup analyses were

SUBMITTER: Bu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12340735 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature