Behavioural and pharmaceutical interventions for the prevention of skin cancers in solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of skin cancer, affecting more than 50% of recipients. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of interventions for behavioural change for sun protection or skin cancer prevention in solid organ transplant recipients.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and CINAHL from inception to November 2019.

Eligibility criteria

We included randomised controlled trials that evaluated the effect of behavioural or pharmaceutical interventions on behavioural change or skin cancer prevention in solid organ transplant recipients.

Data extraction and synthesis

Risks of bias and evidence certainty were assessed usin

SUBMITTER: James LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7239542 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature