Shanghai Journal of Stomatology ›› 2022, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 330-336.doi: 10.19439/j.sjos.2022.03.022

• Systematic Review • Previous Articles    

Psychological intervention for negative emotion and quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC): a meta-analysis

XIA Jia-lin1,2, ZENG Yi-wei3, ZHAO Xiao-mei2, HOU Li-li2   

  1. 1. School of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chengdu 610075, Sichuan Province;
    2. Department of Nursing, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Shanghai 200011;
    3. School of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chengdu 610075, Sichuan Province, China
  • Received:2021-06-25 Revised:2021-08-02 Online:2022-06-25 Published:2022-07-07

Abstract: PURPOSE: To systematically assess the efficacy of psychological intervention for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) in easing negative emotion and improving quality of life, so as to provide evidence-based reference for clinical psycho-intervention of HNC patients. METHODS: PubMed, Central, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov, ICTRP, Web of science, CBM, CNKI, VIP, and Wan Fang database were searched from inception to 15th, May for randomized controlled trails conducted to assess psychological intervention for HNC patients. The retrieval, screening, quality evaluation, and data extraction were elaborately proceeded by two reviewers independently. Meta analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: Eighteen RCTs were included with 2 097 participants. Meta analysis showed that compared to control group, psychological intervention group manifested greater decrease in anxiety scores [SMD=-2.33, 95%CI(-2.96,-1.70), P<0.000 01] and depression scores [SMD=-2.26, 95%CI(-2.78,-1.74), P<0.000 01], and better increase in QOL scores [SMD=6.04, 95%CI(1.53,10.56), P=0.009] and SQL-90 scores [MD=29.99, 95%CI(-36.22, -23.76),P<0.000 01]. CONCLUSIONS: The anxiety and depression of HNC patients can be effectively relieved through psychological intervention, so that their quality of life and metal health status can be improved. Due to the limitation of quality of included RCT , the result remains to be further validated by more well-designed and better-qualified study.

Key words: Psychological intervention, Head and neck cancer, Negative emotion, Quality of life, Meta analysis

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