Nurse-led telehealth interventions for symptom management in patients with cancer receiving systemic or radiation therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Patients receiving cancer treatments experience many treatment-related symptoms. Telehealth is increasingly being used to support symptom management. The overall aim was to determine the effectiveness of nurse-led telehealth symptom management interventions for patients with cancer receiving systemic or radiation therapy compared to usual care on health service use, quality of life, and symptom severity. A systematic review was conducted following the Cochrane Handbook and PRISMA reporting guidelines. Five electronic databases were searched. Two independent reviewers screened articles and extracted data. Meta-analysis was performed if data were clinically and methodologically homogeneous. Subanalysis was conducted on reactive and scheduled telehealth interventions. Of 7749 citations screen

SUBMITTER: Kwok C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9008678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature