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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: The effects of psychological interventions on depression and anxiety among Chinese adults with cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

Author & years

Age (Mean)

Subjects (n1 + n2)

Outcomes

Patients’ selection

Cancer type

Cancer stage

Intervention type

Therapist

Intervention format

Wang et al. 2000 [39]

18-67

38 + 38

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘¢

Doctor

A

Zhao et al. 2000 [153]

22-67 (52)

42 + 41

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ② + ③ + ④

-

A + B + C

Cai et al. 2001 [144]

26-70 (50.6)

116+ 46

Both (HAMD,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

⑤

-

A + B

Yang et al. 2002 [42]

28-65 (44.6)

34 + 30

Depression (HAMD)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ③

-

B

Guan et al. 2002 [123]

30-71

44 + 44

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑦

Oncologist

B

Li et al. 2002 [76]

32-71 (51.2)

61 + 47

Both (SDS,STAI)

Nonselective

Mixed

Early

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

-

A + B + C

Lian et al. 2003 [44]

18-65 (46)

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

① + ② + ④

-

-

Wu & Wang 2003 [148]

30-78 (56)

63 + 57

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

Advanced

① + ② + ③ + ④

Doctor (training)

A + B + C

Zhong et al. 2003 [38]

>16

91 + 92

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘¡

-

-

Lou et al. 2003 [101]

31-72

85 + 86

Depression (DSI)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ④

Nurse

A + C

Xu 2004 [115]

30-70 (58)

150 + 100

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

-

② + ④ + ⑥ + ⑦

Nurse

A + C

Wang 2004 [93]

36-65

30 + 22

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

A + C

Bu et al. 2005 [155]

>18 (46.5)

30 + 30

Anxiety (SAS)

Selective

Digestive tract

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

-

Lou et al. 2005 [164]

24-71 (58)

75 + 75

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③ + ④

-

A + C

Liu et al. 2006 [143]

16-77 (51.9)

58 + 53

Both (SDS,STAI)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

⑤

-

A

Cheng et al. 2006 [107]

>16 (65.3)

15 + 15

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ③ + ⑥ + ⑦

-

-

Wang et al. 2006 [75]

>18 (56.1)

31 + 31

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ④

Nurse (training)/Oncologist

B

Ni et al. 2007 [165]

>18 (55.4)

169 + 157

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ② + ④ + ⑦

Doctor

A + C

Pang & Wang 2007 [166]

31-62 (59)

43 + 42

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse (training)

A + C*

Qian & Cai 2007 [50]

18-65

40 + 40

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

A + B + C

Wen & Liang 2007 [69]

16-40

73 + 63

Both (SDS,STAI)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ③ + ④ + ⑥

-

A + B

Kang 2007 [128]

40-60

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

Advanced

② + ⑤

-

A + B

Zheng et al. 2007 [109]

39-86 (58)

35 + 35

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ④ + ⑤

Oncologist/Nurse

A + C

Deng et al. 2007 [110]

32-70 (55.3)

60 + 60

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ③ + ④

Doctor

A + C

Xing 2007 [103]

43-75 (57.2)

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

-

A + C

Wu et al. 2007 [59]

18-70 (48.4)

40 + 40

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

A + B + C

Xu 2007 [88]

20-70

32 + 32

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

① + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

A + B + C

Han & Liu 2007 [151]

27-76 (59.1)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ④ + ⑤

Nurse

A + B

Huang et al. 2008 [54]

>16

40 + 40

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑤

Nurse

A

Zheng et al. 2008 [116]

>18 (58.9)

38 + 39

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③ + ④

-

A + C

Yang 2008 [79]

>16

40 + 40

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

① + ② + ③ + ④

Nurse

A + C

Han 2008 [160]

33-65 (48.1)

32 + 35

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

① + ② + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

A + C

Jiang et al. 2008 [161]

28-64 (52)

52 + 52

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘¢

-

A

Li et al. 2008 [163]

25-78 (53)

24 + 24

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

-

â‘¥

Nurse

A

Wang et al. 2008 [169]

>18

40 + 40

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

Early

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

-

-

Ji 2008 [106]

22-83 (54.2)

40 + 40

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③ + ④

Doctor/Nurse (training)

A + B + C

Jin & Zhu 2008 [122]

42-65 (59)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

-

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

-

A + B

Li et al. 2008 [99]

26-73 (43.7)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

-

② + ④ + ⑥ + ⑦

Nurse

A + C

Liu et al. 2008 [52]

24-70 (50)

90 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

① + ② + ④

-

A + B + C

Yang 2008 [136]

18-70 (49.7)

31 + 31

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

Early

① + ④ + ⑥ + ⑦

Clinical psychologist

B

Zhou 2008 [100]

26-57

32 + 32

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Blood

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse/Psychologist

-

Mao et al. 2008 [113]

>16 (55.3)

82 + 76

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ⑥

Nurse

-

Liu 2008 [132]

25-72

31 + 31

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Nonselective

Gynecology

Advanced

② + ③

-

A

Zheng et al. 2008 [125]

18-70 (51.4)

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ② + ⑦

Nurse

A

Chen et al. 2009 [156]

>18

33 + 32

Anxiety (SAS)

Selective

Digestive tract

-

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥ + ⑦

Psychologist/Nurse (training)

A

Li 2009 [89]

30-60 (46)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

① + ③ + ④ + ⑤

-

-

Li et al. 2009 [78]

22-84

78 + 78

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

-

① + ② + ④

Psychologist/Doctor/Nurse

A + B + C

Fu et al. 2009 [145]

26-60 (39.3)

40 + 38

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

Advanced

⑤

-

A

Qiu 2009 [133]

30-70

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

-

① + ② + ③

-

A

Sun 2009 [134]

>18 (43.4)

30 + 30

Both (HASD)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ②

-

A

Xia 2009 [118]

24-60 (47)

28 + 28

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③ + ⑥

Nurse (training)

-

Zhang 2009 [139]

18-70 (55)

34 + 32

Depression (SDS)

Selective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③

-

A

Zhou 2009 [140]

18-55 (45.9)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Breast

Early

⑤

-

A

Li et al. 2009 [63]

18-72 (40.5)

61 + 59

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

① + ② + ③ + ④

Psychologist

B

Geng et al. 2010 [104]

23-82

124 + 123

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③ + ④+ ⑥

Researcher (training)

A + C

Zhan & Cheng 2010 [105]

18-75

35 + 35

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

Advanced

① + ② + ③ + ④

Doctor/Nurse (training)

A + B + C

Cheng et al. 2010 [45]

21-69 (47)

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑤

Oncologist/Psychologist/Nurse

A + B + C

Li et al. 2010 [91]

41-68 (52.2)

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

② + ③ + ⑥

Nurse

-

Guan et al. 2010 [81]

38-70 (44)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Urinary

-

② + ③ + ④

Nurse

-

Li 2010 [111]

31-72 (49.7)

57 + 57

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

④ + ⑥

Doctor/Nurse

A + B + C

Zhang 2010 [138]

>18 (49.7)

47 + 48

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

Early

①+④+⑦

-

B

Su & Wang 2010 [167]

>18 (52.9)

41 + 46

Anxiety (SAS)

Selective

Digestive tract

-

â‘ +â‘¡+â‘£+â‘¥

Nurse (training)

A + C

Fu et al. 2010 [159]

27-64 (46.5)

36 + 28

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

②+ ③+ ④+ ⑤+ ⑥

-

A + C

Wu & Zhang 2010 [170]

30-75 (48)

40 + 39

Anxiety (SAI)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

Advanced

① + ③ + ④ + ⑤ + ⑥

Nurse

-

Zhou 2010 [176]

30-65

60 + 60

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

-

You et al. 2010 [171]

>18 (48.9)

33 + 29

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

â‘  + â‘¡

Nurse

A

Ren et al. 2010 [154]

33-74 (54.2)

40 + 37

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ③ + ④

-

A + B + C

Xu 2010 [40]

27-73 (51)

47 + 43

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ⑥

Nurse

A

Guo et al. 2010 [71]

23-82 (45.4)

45 + 45

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

â‘  + â‘¡

Researcher (cognitive therapy training)

A

Tang et al. 2010 [126]

>18 (49.8)

40 + 40

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£

Nurse

A + C

Liu et al. 2010 [46]

>16 (51.1)

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ⑥

Nurse (training)

-

Shi et al. 2010 [108]

21-79 (54)

20 + 20

Depression (HAMD)

Selective

Digestive tract

Advanced

④ + ⑥

Psychologist

A + B

Liu et al. 2010 [87]

>16 (57.5)

37 + 35

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

Early

â‘¡+â‘£

Psychologist

A + B + C

Wang 2010 [90]

>16 (48.1)

43 + 43

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

-

A + B

Huang et al. 2010 [86]

>16 (63.6)

32 + 28

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

-

① + ② + ④ + ⑥

-

-

Zhang & Yu 2011 [94]

21-53

60 + 60

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

-

A + C

Du et al. 2011 [61]

>16 (42.7)

28 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

â‘ 

Nurse

A

Li et al. 2011 [149]

>18 (47)

20 + 20

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Gynecology

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

-

A

Zhou et al. 2011 [180]

25-65 (45)

54 + 51

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

⑤

-

A

Liu 2011 [131]

23-65

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Gynecology

-

①+③+⑤+⑦

-

A + C

Shen et al. 2011 [64]

39-71 (58.1)

37 + 38

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

-

â‘¡+â‘¥

Nurse

A

Zhu et al. 2011 [65]

>60 (74)

50 + 48

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

-

â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse

A + B

Meng et al. 2011 [95]

34-74 (57)

46 + 41

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

② + ③ + ⑥ + ⑦

Nurse

-

Dai et al. 2011 [157]

23-78 (57.9)

66 + 68

Anxiety (SAI)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Oncologist/Psychologist/Nurse/Nutritionist

B

Jiao et al. 2011 [162]

40-66 (55.8)

34 + 34

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

Advanced

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse (training)

A + C

Ye 2011 [56]

24-65 (43.5)

20 + 20

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Gynecology

-

â‘ +â‘¢

-

A

Li 2011 [130]

18-80

37 + 32

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

Early

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑤ + ⑥ + ⑦

-

A + B + C

Liu et al. 2011 [41]

30-50

50 + 50

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ④

Medical staff

A + B

Wang et al. 2011 [37]

>16 (59.03)

30 + 31

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

⑤

Psychologist

B

Cao2011 [173]

>18

30 + 30

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

â‘¢

Nurse (psychological/music training)

A

Zhao & Zhang 2011 [174]

18-70

21 + 20

Anxiety (SAS)

Selective

Gynecology

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse

A + C

Cao & Li 2011 [67]

>16

55 + 53

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘¢

-

A + B + C

Huang et al. 2011 [152]

33-71

140 + 139

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ⑥

Nurse (training)

A + B + C

Hu & Yan 2011 [62]

30-52 (45)

32 + 32

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ④

Psychologist/Oncologist/Nurse (training)

B

Guan & Jin 2011 [120]

18-75 (66)

78 + 78

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ② + ③ + ④ + ⑥ + ⑦

-

A + C

Lv et al. 2011 [77]

25-65

38 + 38

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

Early

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£

Nurse

A + B

Li et al. 2011 [182]

25-65 (45)

54 + 51

Anxiety (SAI)

Nonselective

Breast

-

⑤

-

A

Cao & Jiang 2011 [177]

>18 (51.5)

42 + 42

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

-

â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse

A + B + C

Huang2011 [102]

>16 (54.23)

40 + 40

Depression (HAMD)

Selective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ③ + ⑥

-

A + B

Zheng et al. 2011 [141]

21-81 (54)

102 + 111

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘¡+â‘£+â‘¥

Nurse

A + B + C

Wu & Dong 2011 [47]

48-78 (63.3)

33 + 33

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Selective

Mixed

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑤

-

A + C

Zheng et al. 2012 [150]

19-70 (52.6)

28 + 28

Depression (SDS)

Selective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ④

Doctor

A + C

Wang & Xiao 2012 [124]

>18 (57.5)

42 + 42

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ⑥

Psychologist

A

Wei 2012 [135]

>18 (48.1)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

① + ② + ③ + ⑥

-

A + B

Feng 2012 [55]

35-65 (50.9)

45 + 45

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

① + ② + ⑦

-

A

Yang et al. 2012 [73]

48-81

20 + 20

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

Advanced

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£

Psychologist

A + B + C

Zhao et al. 2012 [84]

18-75 (57.2)

103 + 102

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ② + ⑦

Doctor

-

Gu 2012 [121]

47-74 (64.6)

52 + 48

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

-

④ + ⑥ + ⑦

Nurse

A + C

Zheng2012 [58]

45-72 (51.6)

30 + 30

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Selective

Mixed

-

② + ③ + ⑥

-

-

Yang2012 [66]

59-76 (65.4)

23 + 20

Depression (SDS)

Selective

Digestive tract

-

â‘¡+â‘£+â‘¥

Nurse

A + C

Sun et al. 2012 [60]

21-78 (49.4)

89 + 89

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Psychologist/Nurse

A + B + C

Liu et al. 2012 [98]

>18 (48.6)

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Digestive tract

-

③ + ④+ ⑦

-

A + C

Yang et al. 2012 [70]

20-70 (58.4)

48 + 40

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

② + ④ + ⑥

Nurse

-

Li 2012 [129]

34-36 (41.7)

51 + 51

Both (CES-D,SAI)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ⑥

Nurse

A

Zhu & Hu 2012 [68]

23-76 (44.3)

45 + 46

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

â‘¡+â‘£+â‘¥

Nurse (training)

A + B + C

Liu 2012 [48]

45-74 (62.3)

40 + 40

Depression (HAMD)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse

A + C

Shi et al. 2012 [92]

21-65 (53.5)

74 + 74

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

② + ③ + ⑥

-

A

Jia2012 [127]

43-77 (55.8)

35 + 32

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

② + ③ + ④ + ⑥ + ⑦

-

A + C

Zhang 2012 [97]

34-71 (63.5)

45 + 45

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

② + ⑥

-

-

Chen 2012 [51]

18-79 (51)

43 + 44

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

① + ② + ③ + ⑥

-

A + C

Li et al. 2012 [146]

>18 (57.2)

30 + 30

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

① + ② + ③ + ⑦

Doctor (training)/Psychologist

A

Yang & Wang 2012 [83]

29-69

30 + 30

Both (HAMD,HAMA)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

② + ③ + ④ + ⑤ + ⑥

-

A + C

Jiang et al. 2012 [49]

>16

44 + 45

Depression (SDS)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢

Nurse

A

Fan & Pan 2012 [158]

30-48

19 + 19

Anxiety (SAS)

Selective

Gynecology

-

② + ④ + ⑥ + ⑦

-

A + C

Li et al. 2012 [72]

24.5-70

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£

Nurse

A + B + C*

Han et al. 2012 [85]

18-91 (74)

43 + 42

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Doctor/Nurse (training)

A + C

Zheng et al. 2012 [175]

25-69 (46.5)

30 + 30

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

-

A + C

Yuan & Wu 2013 [147]

50-70 (63)

78 + 78

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

① + ⑥

-

A + C

Zhu et al. 2013 [36]

43-78

25 + 25

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Lung

-

⑦

-

-

Du 2013 [74]

24-76 (46.3)

36 + 36

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

① + ② + ⑥

Nurse/Community Doctor

A + B + C*

Mu et al. 2012 [178]

32-70 (56.2)

60 + 60

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Urinary

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse

A + B + C

Liu & Gan 2013 [43]

18-67 (49.3)

101 + 90

Both (SDS,STAI)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

⑤

-

A

Zhang 2013 [96]

32-73

72 + 72

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

Advanced

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

-

A + C

Zhang et al. 2013 [142]

32-72 (54)

33 + 35

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ④ + ⑦

Doctor (training)

B

Guo et al. 2013 [179]

>18 (47)

89 + 89

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

① + ②+ ⑦

Clinician/Nurse/Radiation therapist (training)

B

Liu 2013 [119]

31-65 (53.3)

45 + 45

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Mixed

-

③ + ⑥

Nurse

A

Zhai et al. 2013 [82]

47-62 (52)

39 + 39

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse

A + C

Ci et al. 2013 [117]

25-65

30 + 30

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ⑥

Nurse

A + C

Liu 2013 [112]

46-71 (51.4)

59 + 59

Both (SDS,SAS)

Selective

Mixed

-

② + ④

-

A + C

Liu et al. 2013 [57]

35-76 (53)

29 + 29

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Bone metastatic

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£+ â‘¥

Nurse

-

Qiu et al. 2013 [181]

31-64 (50.6)

29 + 25

Both (HAMD,SAS)

Selective

Breast

Early

â‘ 

Psychiatrist (CBT and group therapy training)

B

Mao et al. 2013 [80]

>16 (58.2)

100 + 100

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Psychologist

A + C

Zhang 2013 [114]

18-70 (46)

53 + 53

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

â‘  + â‘¡ + â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Nurse

A + C

Yu 2013 [137]

>18

79 + 41

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Head/neck

-

â‘¢ + â‘£ + â‘¥

Doctor

A + B + C

Wang 2013 [53]

21-70 (45)

50 + 50

Both (SDS,SAS)

Nonselective

Gynecology

-

â‘  + â‘¡+ â‘£

Nurse

A + C

Tian et al. 2013 [168]

>18 (61.1)

98 + 97

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Mixed

-

② + ④ + ⑤ + ⑥

Nurse

A + C

Yu 2013 [172]

33-61 (41.9)

83 + 83

Anxiety (SAS)

Nonselective

Breast

-

â‘¡ + â‘£ + â‘¥

-

A + C*

  1. Abbreviations: n1 participants in experimental group, n2 participants in control group, SDS Self-rating Depression Scale, SAS Self-rating Anxiety Scale, HAMD Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, HAMA Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, STAI State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, DSI Depression Screening Instrument, CES-D Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, SAI State Anxiety Inventory, HASD Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, ① cognitive-behavioral interventions, ② patients education, ③ relaxation/imagery, ④ social/family support, ⑤ music therapy, ⑥ nursing intervention, ⑦ other interventions, A individual, B Group, C Family, C* Couple, − no report.