Effects of mobile application interventions on quality of life in patients with cancer: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR

This study will review and analyze the impact of mobile apps on the quality of life for cancer patients through a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Contribution

The study introduces a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol to evaluate mobile app interventions for cancer patients' quality of life.

Findings

The study will assess the risk of bias in included randomized controlled trials.

A pooled analysis using random effects models will evaluate the impact of mobile apps on pain and quality of life.

Findings will be published in a peer-reviewed journal for broader impact.

Abstract

Cancer is a public health burden that seriously affects patients’ daily quality of life. Mobile applications are increasingly being used in the field of health promotion, but the intervention effect of mobile apps on the quality of life of cancer patients is still inconsistent.

We will use key words and medical subject headings to search for randomized controlled trials in nine databases until January 10, 2024. The quality of the studies will be assessed using the risk of bias tool recommended in the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool, and a pooled analysis of data will be conducted using random effects models to assess the impact of mobile application interventions on pain and quality of life in cancer patients.

We will publish our findings in a peer-reviewed journal.

We will draw conclusions based on the outcomes of the systematic review and meta-analysis.

CRD42024497649.

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