
BMJ Open, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(6), С. e075071 - e075071
Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2024
Objectives Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer predominantly affecting the lung and abdominal linings. It can have a unique impact on mental health well-being (MHWB) due to its incurability, poor prognosis asbestos-exposure causation. This review’s aims were identify/synthesise international evidence mesothelioma’s MHWB impacts; explore interventions used by patients carers; identify of their effectiveness. Design Systematic review. Data sources Databases, searched March 2022 2024, MEDLINE; CINAHL; PsycINFO; Cochrane Library; ASSIA. Eligibility criteria We included study designs focusing psychological impacts living with mesothelioma informal carers, published in English since January 2002. extraction synthesis A team reviewers screened studies using standardised methods. Quality was assessed validated tools: Mixed-Methods Appraisal tool for primary research Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Checklist Reviews. Results Forty-eight met inclusion criteria: 20 qualitative, 16 quantitative, nine reviews, two mixed-methods, one combined systematic review/qualitative study. UK predominated. Many reported, including traumatic stress, depression, anxiety guilt. These influenced causation, communication issues carer-patient relational interactions. Participants wide-ranging interventions, religious/spiritual practice; talking mental-health professionals; meaning-making. Some strategies presented as unhelpful, example, denial. reported lack access support. Conclusions Most qualitative rated high quality. The quality quantitative reviews varied. sparse literature regarding means more needed into trauma. To enable evidence-based support, recommended concerning interventions’ effectiveness mesothelioma. PROSPERO registration number CRD42022302187.
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