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PubMed: 42012785 DOI: 10.1002/pon.70465
Mental Health Screening Tools for Cancer Patients, and Their Caregivers: An Umbrella Review.
Psychooncology 35(4):e70465
Authors: Laura Ciria-Suarez, Melissa Heifez, Sara Martín-Parra, Ilaria Durosini, Dario Monzani, Veronica Coppini, Maria Vittoria Ferrari, Mareike Rutenkröger, Marie Lange, Guilhem Paillard-Brunet, Nikolina Dodlek, Andreas Charalambous, Lotte van der Weijst, Oscar Mollo, Gabriella Pravettoni, Cristian Ochoa-Arnedo
Affiliations
- ICOnnecta't Digital Health Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
- The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute IDIBELL, Psychooncology and Digital Health Group, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
- ICOnnecta't Digital Health Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain. The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute IDIBELL, Psychooncology and Digital Health Group, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
- Applied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
- Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
- Clinical Research Department, UNICANCER, Centre François Baclesse, Caen, France.
- Université de Caen Normandie, ANTICIPE U1086 INSERM-UCN, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Services Unit PLATON, Cancer and Cognition Platform, Centre François Baclesse, Caen, France.
- Department of Supportive Care, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
- Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
- University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- Research Center for Oncology and Palliative Care, Limassol, Cyprus.
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium.
- Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Cancer negatively affects patients' physical status as well as their mental health, increasing the burden of family members and caregivers as well. Thus, the screening of psychological and cognitive functioning is key for the referral to mental health specialists.
AIM
Identify available and validated screening tools to assess psychological, psychosocial and cognitive impairment in cancer patients (adults and children), caregivers and family members.
METHODS
An umbrella review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. The search strategy was applied to five databases. Reviewers screened titles/abstracts, and the articles included in this initial phase were retrieved for full-text assessment. All conflicts during the screening phase were discussed, and a third reviewer was consulted if discrepancies were not solved. A narrative synthesis and tabulated summaries of results were conducted.
RESULTS
A total of 2304 records were initially identified through systematic searches. Following screening and eligibility assessment, 67 systematic reviews were included. Across the included reviews, 586 different tools were identified and classified into nine thematic domains: (1) Anxiety and Depression, (2) General Mental Disorders, (3) Distress and Fear of Cancer Recurrence, (4) Body Image, Sexuality, and Self-Perception, (5) Caregiving and Social Impact, (6) Cognitive Functioning, (7) Coping Assessment, (8) Unmet Needs, and (9) Other miscellaneous constructs.
CONCLUSIONS
A wide variety of mental health screening tools are available, covering key psychosocial and cognitive aspects relevant to cancer care. Although most instruments were not specifically developed for oncological populations, many have been validated in this context and appear to perform adequately.
MeSH
Caregivers, Neoplasms, Mental Health