Availability and use of web-based interventions for patients with head and neck cancer: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: To identify and review the nature, scope and use of web-based interventions for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). A scoping review guided by the methodological framework described by the Joanna Briggs Institute was performed to review empirical studies and websites. Seven electronic databases (CINAHL, Medline, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane, PubMed and PsycInfo) were searched from 2010 to 2020, data extracted and synthesised using thematic analysis. The Google search engine was employed, identifying the first 100 websites, using the search term head and neck cancer. Websites meeting eligibility criteria were assessed using the QUEST analysis tool, and descriptively summarised. Thirteen empirical studies and 32 websites were included. As identified by empirical studies, web-based interven

SUBMITTER: Kelly R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8794623 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature