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. 2022 Nov;64(5):e235-e249.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.07.016. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Life Review Intervention: A Systematic Review of Its Feasibility Among Persons With Cancer

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Life Review Intervention: A Systematic Review of Its Feasibility Among Persons With Cancer

Jefferson Khai-Qiang Ng et al. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Nov.
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Abstract

Context: Life Review Intervention (LRI) has started to shift in emphasis of focus onto persons with cancer and its effectiveness in improving their psychological well-being. The process has now begin integrating into healthcare settings as a complementary treatment for this population.

Objectives: The current systematic review aims to synthesize existing feasibility studies on LRI among persons with cancer.

Methods: A literature search was conducted from the databases PubMed, ScienceDirect, PsychArticles, Scopus, Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection, Cochrane, EBSCO, and other methods. Eligible articles were selected based on the predetermined inclusion criteria and data extraction revolved around the study design, intervention procedure, and feasibility and psychological outcome measures.

Results: The search yielded 8,627 articles, to which respondents simultaneously receiving other forms of psychological interventions were excluded. Eight were selected for evaluation. Four were integrated interventions while the remaining were conducted with the standard intervention. The sample size range from 5 to 90 persons with cancer. All reviewed articles reported optimum feasibility, as presented by recruitment capability, participant retention rate, acceptability and satisfaction, intervention implementation, and evaluation of intervention outcome measures. However, a majority of psychological outcome measures indicated no statistical significance.

Conclusion: LRI is feasible to be implemented among persons with cancer, given the high acceptability and availability of resources for its implementation. The present review highlighted the preliminary knowledge on the feasibility of the intervention.

Keywords: Life review; feasibility study; persons with cancer; psychological well-being; reminiscence; systematic review.

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