Open AccessPractice of traditional Chinese medicine for psycho-behavioral intervention improves quality of life in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Tao Wen,
Xi Luo,
Bai Cui,
Dapeng Liang,
Chunli Wang,
Yangyang Duan,
Xiaofen Li,
Shiyu Zhou,
Mingjie Zhao,
Li Yi,
Yulong He,
Shaowu Wang,
Keith W. Kelley,
Ping Jiang,
Quentin Liu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
oncotarget
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 1949-2553
DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.5388
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , quality of life (healthcare) , intervention (counseling) , cancer , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , medline , psychiatry , pathology , nursing , political science , law
Cancer patients suffer from diverse symptoms, including depression, anxiety, pain, and fatigue and lower quality of life (QoL) during disease progression. This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine psycho-behavioral interventions (TCM PBIs) on improving QoL by meta-analysis.