Emotional strategies to enhance resilience in patients with cancer: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To map and summarize existing evidence on emotional strategies recommended for enhancing resilience in cancer patients, identify research gaps and inform future research.

Methods

Following Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines, a comprehensive search was conducted across 11 databases in English and Chinese, supplemented by citation tracking and manual searches for published and unpublished studies. Studies focusing on adult cancer patients and describing emotional strategies to enhance resilience were included and critically appraised using tools appropriate to its design. Data including qualitative descriptions of emotional strategies, quantitative resilience-related emotional variables, and emotional intervention details were extracted and analysed with NVivo

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12802108 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature