Psychosocial interventions for cancer survivors: A meta-analysis of effects on positive affect.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Positive affect has demonstrated unique benefits in the context of health-related stress and is emerging as an important target for psychosocial interventions. The primary objective of this meta-analysis was to determine whether psychosocial interventions increase positive affect in cancer survivors.

Methods

We coded 28 randomized controlled trials of psychosocial interventions assessing 2082 cancer survivors from six electronic databases. We calculated 76 effect sizes for positive affect and conducted synthesis using random effects models with robust variance estimation. Tests for moderation included demographic, clinical, and intervention characteristics.

Results

Interventions had a modest effect on positive affect (g = 0.35, 95% CI [0.16, 0.54]) with substa

SUBMITTER: Salsman JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330880 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature