Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Psychological Distress in Patients with Esophageal Cancer
LI Jin
LI Xiaofan
XING Taohong
YANG Huimin
Abstract：Objective To systematically evaluate the influencing factors of psychological distress in patients with esophageal cancer(EC),and provide evidence-based support for the precise management of psychological distress.Methods Observational studies on the influencing factors of psychological distress in patients with EC were searched in nine Chinese and English databases,including PubMed,Web of Science,the Cochrane Library,Embase,Scopus,CBM,CNKI,Wanfang,and VIP from the establishment of the databases to December 31,2022.Two researchers independently screened the literature,extracted data,evaluated the quality of included studies,and conducted qualitative analysis and summarization.Results A total of 16 articles were included.Many influencing factors involved 4 demographic factors,15 disease physiological factors,11 psychosocial factors,and 3 environmental factors.Conclusion The influencing factors of psychological distress in EC patients were numerous and scattered,and further empirical studies such as mediating factor analysis and latent longitudinal trajectory analysis can be carried out in the future to deeply explore the influencing path and mechanism of psychological distress influencing factors,and provide high-quality evidence support for medical staff to formulate accurate nursing interventions.
Keywords：esophageal cancerpsychological distressinfluencing factorssystematic evaluation
Publication Date：2025-10-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 3681-3686 )