Protocol for an umbrella review of systematic reviews evaluating the efficacy of digital health solutions in supporting adult cancer survivorship care
Abstract
Introduction The growing number of people living with, through and beyond cancer poses a new challenge for sustainable survivorship care solutions. Digital health solutions which incorporate various information and communication technologies are reshaping healthcare; offering huge potential to facilitate health promotion, support healthcare efficiencies, improve access to healthcare and positively impact health outcomes. Digital health solutions include websites and mobile applications, health information technologies, telehealth solutions, wearable devices, AI-supported chatbots and other technologically assisted provision of health information, communication and services. The breadth and scope of digital health solutions necessitate a synthesis of evidence on their use in supportive care in cancer. This umbrella review will identify, synthesise, and compare systematic reviews which have evaluated the efficacy or effectiveness of digital solutions for adult cancer survivorship care with a particular focus on surveillance and management of physical effects, psychosocial effects, new cancer/ recurring cancers and supporting health promotion and disease prevention. Methods and analysis An umbrella review of published systematic reviews will be undertaken to explore the types of digital health solutions used, their efficacy or effectiveness as a form of supportive care, and the barriers and enablers associated with their implementation. The umbrella review will be reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Overviews of Reviews (PRIOR) checklist. A search will be conducted across key databases. Records will be assessed independently by two review authors for eligibility against predefined criteria and will undergo two stage title, abstract and full text screening. All systematic reviews that meet the inclusion criteria will be assessed for quality using the AMSTAR 2 checklist with quality assessment and data extraction by two reviewers. The degree of publication overlap of primary studies across the included reviews will also be calculated and a mapping of the evidence will also be presented. Ethics and dissemination As this research proposes using systematic reviews that are already published, ethical approval is not required. Results from this umbrella review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal where any significant deviations from the protocol will be justified.
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Authors (61)
Danielle Keane
Jean-Paul Calbimonte
Ewa Pawłowska
Angelos P. Kassianos
Joan C. Medina
João Gregório
Maria Serra-Blasco
Aleksandar Celebic
Antonio Di Meglio
Babak Asadi-Azarbaijani
Claire Foster
Claire L. Donohoe
Allini Mafra
Claudine Backes
Cristian Ochoa-Arnedo
Derya Gezer
Gamze Bozkul
Emel Taşvuran Horata
Esra Özkan
Gillian Prue
Gökçe İşcan
Gül Dural
Gülcan Bahçecioğlu
Filiz Ersöğütçü
Guna Bērziņa
Hicran Bektas
Ines- Vaz-Luis
Izidor Mlakar
João Rocha-Gomes
Mairead O’Connor
Maria Inês Clara
Maria Karekla
Marte Hoff Hagen
Merve Saniye İmançer
Oğulcan Çöme
Vildan Mevsim
Nilay Aksoy
Rui Miguel Martins
Sıdıka Ece Yokuş
Sule Biyik Bayram
Aysun Akçakaya Can
Tânia Brandão
Mohamad M. Saab
Nuray Bayar Muluk
Zeynep Yıldırım
Ioana R. Podina
Songül Karadağ
Sevilay Erden
Remziye Semerci
Aydanur Aydin
Maximos Frountzas
Şengül Üzen Cura
Aydın Ruveyde
Antonios Billis
Jean Calleja-Agius
Katarina Vojvodic
Poonam Jaswal
Eda Sahin
Ayşegül Ilgaz
Sophie Pilleron
Josephine Hegarty