| Ref ID | 851 |
| First Author | M.J. Casuso-Holgado |
| Journal | SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER |
| Year Of Publishing | 2022 |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-022-07426-3 |
| Keywords |
• Protocols • Oncology • Low reporting quality • Pre-specification • Disclosure • Complementary & Alternative |
| Problem(s) |
• Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • No registered or published protocol |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Spain |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To develop an overview of systematic reviews to summarize the available evidence on the effectiveness of mind–body practices for cancer-related symptoms management. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 38 systematic reviews of mind-body practices indexed across CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library up to March 2022. Across all studies, the items of AMSTAR 2 were scarcely performed. Mainly, few of the included systematic reviews reported information regarding the review protocol (n = 6/38, 15.8%); the reasons to choose a specific research design (n = 3/38, 7.9%); the provision of a list of excluded studies and justification for their exclusion (n = 4/38, 10.5%); and the sources of funding for the clinical trials included in the review (n = 1/38, 2.6%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 38 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1078 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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