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Table 4 Overall Meta-analysis summary between partly informed of diagnosis and totally uninformed of diagnosis in cancer patients

From: The impact on quality of life from informing diagnosis in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

General Quality of Life

219

0.23 [− 0.26, 0.72]

0.36

Function domains

 Physical Function

286

0.01 [−0.22, 0.25]

0.93

 Social Function

296

0.18 [−0.15, 0.51]

0.29

 Emotional Function

296

−1.24[−2.75, 0.26]

0.11

Disease-related symptoms

 Pain

217

−0.15[−0.42, 0.13]

0.30