Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic Review
The global cancer disease burden is substantial, resulting in increased economic and clinical strain on our healthcare systems. A proposed solution is text-based communication, which can be used for cancer-supportive care. We conducted a systematic review to synthesize and describe the use of text-b...
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doaj-0b3165c43d3d4a3191c781e363bbad2f2021-07-23T13:33:42ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942021-07-01133542354210.3390/cancers13143542Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic ReviewDon Thiwanka Wijeratne0Meghan Bowman1Isobel Sharpe2Siddhartha Srivastava3Matthew Jalink4Bishal Gyawali5Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaThe global cancer disease burden is substantial, resulting in increased economic and clinical strain on our healthcare systems. A proposed solution is text-based communication, which can be used for cancer-supportive care. We conducted a systematic review to synthesize and describe the use of text-based communications for cancer-supportive care. Our population of interest included adult patients with cancer. A total of 18 studies were included in the review: 9 RCTs and 9 non-randomized interventional/observational studies. Patients were largely satisfied with text-based communication during their cancer care. Compared to controls, results for other outcomes including symptoms and quality of life were largely mixed; however, no harms were observed. Furthermore, positive outcomes were seen for specific interventions, such as text message medication reminders. These findings should be considered with caution due to the considerable heterogeneity observed between studies regarding their design and reported outcomes and the high risk of bias associated with 6/18 studies. Overall, this review suggests that text-based communication may be a complementary tool for cancer-supportive care; however, more research is needed to examine the feasibility of implementation and use.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/14/3542cancertext-based communicationtext messagingmHealthsupportive caresystematic review |
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Don Thiwanka Wijeratne Meghan Bowman Isobel Sharpe Siddhartha Srivastava Matthew Jalink Bishal Gyawali Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic Review Cancers cancer text-based communication text messaging mHealth supportive care systematic review |
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Don Thiwanka Wijeratne Meghan Bowman Isobel Sharpe Siddhartha Srivastava Matthew Jalink Bishal Gyawali |
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Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic Review |
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Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic Review |
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Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic Review |
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Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic Review |
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Text Messaging in Cancer-Supportive Care: A Systematic Review |
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text messaging in cancer-supportive care: a systematic review |
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Cancers |
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The global cancer disease burden is substantial, resulting in increased economic and clinical strain on our healthcare systems. A proposed solution is text-based communication, which can be used for cancer-supportive care. We conducted a systematic review to synthesize and describe the use of text-based communications for cancer-supportive care. Our population of interest included adult patients with cancer. A total of 18 studies were included in the review: 9 RCTs and 9 non-randomized interventional/observational studies. Patients were largely satisfied with text-based communication during their cancer care. Compared to controls, results for other outcomes including symptoms and quality of life were largely mixed; however, no harms were observed. Furthermore, positive outcomes were seen for specific interventions, such as text message medication reminders. These findings should be considered with caution due to the considerable heterogeneity observed between studies regarding their design and reported outcomes and the high risk of bias associated with 6/18 studies. Overall, this review suggests that text-based communication may be a complementary tool for cancer-supportive care; however, more research is needed to examine the feasibility of implementation and use. |
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