Meta-Analysis of Effects of Early Palliative Care on Health-Related Outcomes Among Advanced Cancer Patients.
Jiaxin CuiPei FangJianjun BaiLanhui TanChangxiu WanLiping YuPublished in: Nursing research (2023)
This systematic review suggested that early PC could positively affect health-related outcomes for advanced cancer patients. Early PC can be used widely in clinical settings to improve health-related outcomes of advanced cancer. However, because of the trial sequence analysis results, further well-designed, clinical, randomized controlled trials with larger sample sizes are necessary to draw definitive conclusions.
Keyphrases
- advanced cancer
- palliative care
- systematic review
- meta analyses
- end stage renal disease
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- chronic kidney disease
- squamous cell carcinoma
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- radiation therapy
- adipose tissue
- patient reported outcomes
- open label
- rectal cancer
- data analysis