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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.
Systematic review exposes the lack of evidence for psychosocial interventions in patients with head and neck c… http://t.co/aZHi9M7XKr
Systematic review exposes the lack of evidence for psychosocial interventions in patients with… http://t.co/rLQiLYl5MZ
@DentalElf It’s absence of evidence, not evidence of absence: http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
Not for the first time, we need high quality randomised trials of clearly described interventions! http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
More research is needed to identify the right psychological support for patients with head & neck cancer: http://t.co/YNc7CbrD4C
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: Systematic review exposes the lack of evidence for psychosocial interventions in patients with head… http://t.co/TPEqPZX0ev