The need for supportive mental wellbeing interventions in bladder cancer patients: A systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is an increased awareness of the effect of a bladder cancer diagnosis and its treatments on the mental wellbeing of patients. However, few studies have evaluated the efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of interventions to improve this mental wellbeing. This systematic review is the first phase of the Medical Research Council Framework for developing complex interventions and provides an overview of the published mental wellbeing interventions that could be used to design an intervention specific for BC patients.

Methods

This review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines in January 2019 and studies were identified by conducting searches for Medline, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Ovid Gateway. All included studies m

SUBMITTER: Bessa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842965 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature