Psychosocial interventions that facilitate adult cancer survivors' reintegration into daily life after active cancer treatment: a scoping review protocol.

OBJECTIVE

This scoping review will map the extent and type of evidence related to psychosocial supports and interventions that facilitate adult cancer survivors' reintegration into daily life and activities after active cancer treatment.

INTRODUCTION

Cancer and its treatment have substantial late and long-term adverse impacts on survivors despite enhanced prospects for survival. Cancer survivors have unmet psychosocial care needs, and recent studies show a lack of focus in survivorship research on outcomes important to survivors. Reintegration is an emerging concept, identified as important to cancer survivors, that focuses on returning to a "new normal" after cancer treatment. This study will explore the available evidence on psychosocial interventions that are targeted toward this outcome.

INCLUSION CRITERIA

The population of interest is adult survivors (18 years and older at diagnosis) of any cancer type. Concepts of interest include psychosocial interventions targeting the outcome and reintegration into daily life after cancer treatment. Interventions addressing clinical depression or anxiety and interventions treating physical needs that are largely medically focused will be excluded.

METHODS

A scoping review of the literature will be conducted in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Embase. Gray literature will be searched using ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Studies will be screened at the title/abstract and full-text levels, and data will be extracted by 2 independent reviewers. Disagreements that cannot be resolved will be settled by a third reviewer. Findings will be summarized narratively and in tabular format.

SCOPING REVIEW REGISTRATION

Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/r6bmx).