Impact of connected health interventions on psychological wellbeing and quality of life in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Connected health technologies have the potential to improve access to cancer care and support and reduce costs. We aimed to assess the impacts of interventions delivered using connected health technologies on psychological and quality of life (QoL) outcomes in people living with and beyond cancer.

Methods

PUBMED, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and EMBASE were searched using terms relating to (i) cancer, (ii) connected health, and (iii) QoL/psychological wellbeing. Studies were included if they evaluated interventions using connected health technologies and assessed psychological and/or QoL outcomes for adults at any stage of cancer treatment or survivorship.

Results

Thirty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria with a total of 8956 participants. Connected healt

SUBMITTER: Gitonga I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9825891 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature