A systematic review of coping skill interventions to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms among adults with hematologic malignancies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with hematologic malignancies experience anxiety and depressive symptoms from diagnosis through survivorship. The aim of this systematic review is to determine if coping skill interventions can reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms for persons with hematologic cancer.

Methods

Databases including PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, APA PyschInfo, Scopus, and Cochrane were searched in June of 2021 for coping skill interventional studies with adult patients with hematologic cancer and outcomes of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Search terms, definitions, and inclusion/exclusion criteria were guided by the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, and quality appraisal utilized the Johns Hopkins Evidence Based Practice Appraisal tool. The study was registered in PROSPE

SUBMITTER: Andersen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9714520 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature