Effect of electronic health (eHealth) on quality of life in women with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Effect of electronic health (eHealth) on quality of life in women with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
Abstract Background Women with breast cancer and improved survival face some specific quality of life (QOL) issues. Electronic health (eHealth) is a useful tool aiming to enhance health services. However, evidence remains controversial about the effect of eHealth on QOL in women with breast cancer. Another unstudied factor is the effect on specific QOL functional domains. Therefore, we undertook a meta‐analysis about whether eHealth could improve the overall and specific functional domains of QOL in women with breast cancer. Methods PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Web of Science were searched to identify appropriate randomized clinical trials from database inception to March 23, 2022. The standard mean difference (SMD) served as the effect size and the DerSimonian–Laird random effects model was constructed for meta‐analysis. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to different participant, intervention, and assessment scale characteristics. Results We initially identified 1954 articles excluding duplicates and ultimately included 13 of them involving 1448 patients. The meta‐analysis revealed that the eHealth group had significantly higher QOL (SMD 0.27, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.13–0.40, p
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