Comparative effect of different mindfulness-based intervention types and deliveries on depression in patients with breast cancer: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
BMJ open August 7, 2024 Deqi Zhang, Wenxin Zhao, Lin Yuan et al. 1 citation
Breast cancer is now the most common cancer worldwide. Mindfulness-based interventions, such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction, have been used in various delivery methods, including face-to-face and internet-delivered, to help patients with breast cancer reduce depression. No study has yet compared the effectiveness of all these types and deliveries. This protocol describes a planned systematic review and network meta-analysis to assess their effectiveness. The review will search seven electronic databases for randomized controlled trials from inception to December 2023. Two reviewers will assess risk of bias. The results will be published in peer-reviewed journals.