Meta-analysis of Psychological Interventions on Breast Cancer Patients' Immune Function
- DOI
- 10.2991/icsd-16.2017.93How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- psychological interventions; breast cancer; immune function; randomized controlled trial; meta-analyses
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of psychological interventions for improving the immune functioning of breast cancer patients. Methods: Comprehensive searches of electronic databases from 1990 to 2012, hand searches of reference lists of articles, and contacts with researchers. Meta-analytic approaches were used on synthesized findings. Pre-post and between-group intervention effects on symptoms of cortisol, lymphocytes, natural killer cell counts, and natural killer cell cytotoxicity were assessed, respectively. Results: Data from 9 controlled trials were analyzed. Significant intervention effect was for improving function of natural killer cell cytotoxicity (pre-post ES=-2.53, between-group ES=-3.99).There are limited evidences suggesting psychological interventions effect on other immune parameters. Conclusions: The effect of psychological interventions on immune function in breast cancer patients depends on the features of the immune parameters. The relationship between the psychological intervention effects and immune function will require further study. Future research should identify potential confounding factors associated with psychological interventions effects.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Ling Qi AU - Jing Wang AU - Hong-Ling Zhang PY - 2016/12 DA - 2016/12 TI - Meta-analysis of Psychological Interventions on Breast Cancer Patients' Immune Function BT - Proceedings of the 2nd 2016 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2016) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 426 EP - 431 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsd-16.2017.93 DO - 10.2991/icsd-16.2017.93 ID - Qi2016/12 ER -