Effects of Tai Chi App and Facebook health education programs on breast cancer survivors’ stress and quality of life in the Era of pandemic

Leveraging Telehealth for the Management of Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review

“…Part of that process is to create a table that lists the characteristics of each study analyzed: participants, intervention, results, medical outcomes, and study design (see Table 1 : PICOS). The 33 studies are broken down into the following years: 2012(0), 2013(0), 2014(1) [ 19 ], 2015(2) [ 20 , 21 ], 2016(1) [ 22 ], 2017(4) [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ], 2018(4) [ 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ], 2019(1) [ 31 ], 2020(7) [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ], 2021(8) [ 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ], 2022(5) [ 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. All studies involved adults as participants.…”

“…Thirteen themes and four individual observations were identified by the reviewers for a total of 111 occurrences in the literature. The theme most often observed was “improved mental health”, which occurred 16/111 (14%) occurrences [ 19 , 23 , 34 , 36 , 39 , 40 , 46 , 49 , 50 ]. This theme combined observations of anxiety, distress, fear of reoccurrence, depression, optimism, self-efficacy, and self-actualization.…”

“…The next theme is an improved quality of life, which appeared in 9/111 (8%) of the occurrences [ 22 , 27 , 28 , 33 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 44 , 45 ]. Two themes appeared in 7/111 (6%) of the occurrences: improved body image [ 22 , 31 , 38 , 43 , 45 ] and improved physical health [ 27 , 31 , 34 , 44 , 49 ]. The body image theme was comprised of the following observations: waist circumference, fat mass, and weight.…”

“…Five themes and one observation were recorded in 49 occurrences. The most frequently observed theme was the need to train users, which occurred in 20/49 (41%) of the occurrences [ 19 , 20 , 27 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 39 , 40 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. The second barrier was the cost (set up, maintenance, and equipment), which appeared in 18/87 (37%) of the occurrences [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 38 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ].…”

“…The most frequently observed theme was the need to train users, which occurred in 20/49 (41%) of the occurrences [ 19 , 20 , 27 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 39 , 40 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. The second barrier was the cost (set up, maintenance, and equipment), which appeared in 18/87 (37%) of the occurrences [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 38 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. The intervention took time of the providers and presented unusual workflow appeared in 6/49 (12%) of the occurrences [ 21 , 28 , 37 , 42 , 43 , 46 ].…”