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Systematic review exposes the lack of evidence for psychosocial interventions in patients with head and neck cancer

Today we feature a blog from our good friend, The Dental Elf, whose remit includes Head and Neck cancers.

The psychological impacts of such cancers can be devastating, so we were interested to see a systematic review looking at the impact of psychosocial interventions on anxiety, depression and quality of life.

Unfortunately, the bottom line of the review was that there remains substantial uncertaintly around the effectiveness of these interventions.  There were important differences between the studies in terms of the focus of the interventions and how the outcomes were measured.

Read the full appraisal on The Dental Elf.

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  • aghoury79

    aghoury79

    12 years ago
    Mental Elf: Systematic review exposes the lack of evidence for psychosocial interventions in patients with head... http://t.co/TPEqPZX0ev
  • uolhealth

    uolhealth

    12 years ago
    RT @Mental_Elf: More research is needed to identify the right psychological support for patients with head & neck cancer: http://t.co/YNc7…
  • Gozde786

    Gozde786

    12 years ago
    MT @Mental_Elf: More research is needed to identify the right psych support for patients with h&m cancer: http://t.co/qvZxyGYNmL @GHumphris
  • Mental_Elf

    Mental_Elf

    12 years ago
    More research is needed to identify the right psychological support for patients with head & neck cancer: http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
  • Claireplanner

    Claireplanner

    12 years ago
    RT @Mental_Elf: Not for the first time, we need high quality randomised trials of clearly described interventions! http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
  • BPSOfficial

    BPSOfficial

    12 years ago
    RT @Mental_Elf: Not for the first time, we need high quality randomised trials of clearly described interventions! http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
  • mentalmassive

    mentalmassive

    12 years ago
    RT @Mental_Elf: Not for the first time, we need high quality randomised trials of clearly described interventions! http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
  • Mental_Elf

    Mental_Elf

    12 years ago
    Not for the first time, we need high quality randomised trials of clearly described interventions! http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
  • Nicola Davies

    Nicola Davies

    12 years ago
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  • Mental_Elf

    Mental_Elf

    12 years ago
    @DentalElf It's absence of evidence, not evidence of absence: http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
  • hetha2009

    hetha2009

    12 years ago
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    healthpsychuk

    12 years ago
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    carrieloujones

    12 years ago
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    hullodave

    12 years ago
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    DrShirleyLock

    12 years ago
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    aghoury79

    12 years ago
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  • NHSWatch

    NHSWatch

    12 years ago
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