Resilience interventions for stress-related health outcomes in patients with cancer: Findings from a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

This systematic review aimed to synthesize evidence from randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of resilience interventions in improving stress-related health outcomes among patients with cancer and to provide a theoretical and practical foundation for advancing non-pharmacological interventions in nursing practice.

This study adhered to the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A literature search was conducted using five major databases: PubMed, EBSCO, Embase, Web of Science, and CINAHL. In addition, a manual search was performed using Google Scholar. Two independent researchers assessed the methodological quality of the included studies using the Revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2). This study has been registered in PROSPERO (registration number: CRD420261283027).