Effectiveness of family psychosocial intervention on mental health and family function of caregivers of children with cancer: a meta-analysis†
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Article Category: Review
Published Online: Jun 22, 2023
Page range: 135 - 144
Received: Jul 15, 2022
Accepted: Aug 25, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0015
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© 2023 Li-Ya Ren et al., published by Sciendo
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| ltems | Egger’s test | Begg’s test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | −0.01 | 0.9886 | −0.12 | 1.0000 |
| Depression | 0.68 | 0.4973 | −0.34 | 1.0000 |
| PTSD | 0.75 | 0.4539 | 0.24 | 0.8065 |
| Family function | 0.21 | 0.8370 | — | — |
Characteristics of the included RCT studies.
| Study/country | Cancer type | Sample size | Intervention type | Duration of intervention | No. of sections | Section length | Frequency of intervention | Follow-up | Measurement tools | Outcome indicators | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental group | Control group | ||||||||||
| Liu et al, |
Unlimited | 30 | 28 | Family task intervention | 4 weeks | 8 | 45 | Twice a week | Immediately after intervention | FFFS | ① |
| Fu et al. |
Hematological tumors | 20 | 20 | Structural family therapy | 8 weeks | 4 | 60 | Every 2 weeks | 1 month after intervention | FAD | ① |
| Hoekstra-Weebers et al, |
Unlimited | 20 | 21 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | 21 weeks | 7 | 90 | Every 3 weeks | 6 months after intervention | STAI | ② |
| Kazak et al. |
Unlimited | 129 | 115 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | 1 d | 4 | 60-90 | — | Intervention group: 3-5 months after intervention Control group: 8-10 months after intervention | STAI, PTSD-RI, IES-R | ②④ |
| Kazak et al. |
Unlimited | 11 | 18 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | 3 weeks | 3 | 45 | Once a week | 2 months after intervention | STAI, ASDS, IES-R | ②④ |
| Stehl et al. |
Unlimited | 76 | 76 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | 6 weeks | 6 | 45 | Once a week | 1 month after intervention | STAI, ASDS, IES-R | ②④ |
| Shekarabi-Ahari et al, |
Unlimited | 10 | 10 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | 8 weeks | 8 | 120 | Once a week | 2 months after intervention | BYI | ③ |
| Marsland et al, |
Unlimited | 23 | 14 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | 12-18 weeks | 6 | 30-60 | Every 2-3 weeks | 2 weeks after intervention | STAI, BYI, IES | ②③④ |
| Cernvall et al. |
Unlimited | 31 | 27 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | 10 weeks | 10 | 240 | Once a week | 12 months after intervention | BYI, PCL-C | ②③④ |
| Tsitsi et al, |
Unlimited | 29 | 25 | Family relaxation therapy | 3 weeks | 3 | 25 | Once a week 25 min each time | 3 weeks after intervention | HAM-A POMS | ②③ |
| Salem et al. |
Unlimited | 82 | 79 | Family cognitive behavior intervention | ≤24 weeks | 7 | 60-90 | Unclear | 12 months after intervention | SCL-92-R Harvard Trauma Questionnaire | ②③ |
Strategy used to search the Web of Science.
| No. | Search strategy | No. of documents |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | ((TS = (“adolescent*” OR “teen*” OR “youth*” OR “child*” OR “infant*” OR “preschool” OR “minor*”)) OR Tl = (“adolescent*” OR “teen*” OR “youth*” OR “child*” OR “infant*” OR “preschool” OR “minor*”)) OR AB = (“adolescent*” OR “teen*” OR “youth*” OR “child*” OR “infant*” OR “preschool” OR “minor*”) | 1,778,196 |
| #2 | ((TS = (“neoplasm*” OR “cancer*” OR “tumour*” OR “leukaemia”)) OR Tl = (“neoplasm*” OR “cancer*” OR “tumour*” OR “leukaemia”)) OR AB = (“neoplasm*” OR “cancer*” OR “tumour*” OR “leukaemia”) | 3,171,886 |
| #3 | ((TS = (“family intervention” OR “family-based intervention” OR “family-centred intervention” OR “family psychosocial intervention” OR “family psychoeducation” OR “family therapy”)) OR Tl = (“family intervention” OR “family-based intervention” OR “family-centred intervention” OR “family psychosocial intervention” OR “family psychoeducation” OR “family therapy”)) OR AB=(“family intervention” OR “family-based intervention” OR “family-centred intervention” OR “family psychosocial intervention” OR “family psychoeducation” OR “family therapy”) | 2363 |
| #4 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 | 39 |