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The effect of psychosocial interventions for sexual health in patients with pelvic cancer : a systematic review and meta-analysis
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- Ask, Samuel (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV)
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- Schildmeijer, Kristina, 1959- (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV)
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- Kaldo, Viktor, Professor (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för psykologi (PSY),Karolinska Institutet, Sweden;Region Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hellström, Amanda (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV)
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- Medical Journals Sweden AB, 2024
- 2024
- English.
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In: Acta Oncologica. - : Medical Journals Sweden AB. - 0284-186X .- 1651-226X. ; 63:1, s. 230-239
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- Aim: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to explore and evaluate the effect of psychosocial interventions in improving sexual health outcomes among post-treatment patients with pelvic cancer.Methods: Inclusion and exclusion criteria were pelvic cancer survivors; psychosocial interventions; studies with a control group and measures of sexual health. Five databases were searched for literature along with an inspection of the included studies' reference lists to extend the search. Risk of bias was assessed with the RoB2 tool. Standardised mean difference (SMD) with a random effects model was used to determine the effect size of psychosocial interventions for sexual health in patients with pelvic cancers.Results: Thirteen studies were included, with a total number of 1,541 participants. There was a large heterogeneity regarding the type of psychosocial intervention used with the source found in a leave one out analysis. Six studies showed statistically significant improvements in sexual health, while three showed positive but non-significant effects. The summary effect size estimate was small SMD = 0.24 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.05 to 0.42, p = 0.01).Discussion: There is limited research on psychosocial interventions for sexual health in pelvic cancer patients. There are also limitations in the different pelvic cancer diagnoses examined. Commonly, the included articles examined physical function rather than the whole sexual health spectrum. The small effect sizes may in part be due to evaluation of psychosocial interventions by measuring physical dysfunction. Future research should broaden sexual health assessment tools and expand investigations to more cancer types.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Cancer
- meta- analysis
- psychosocial interventions
- sexual health
- systematic review
- Psychology
- Psykologi
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