Effectiveness of Self-management eHealth Intervention for Psychological Adjustment for Health-Related Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review

eHealth interventions support psychological adjustment to life-threatening crises such as cancer survival and improving health-related quality of life. This review synthesizes existing knowledge on the effectiveness of self-management eHealth interventions and summarizes the best evidence on psychological adjustment for health-related quality of life among cancer survivors. Five electronic databases were searched for articles reporting self-management eHealth interventions for the psychological adjustment of cancer survivors from February 2011 to March 2022. Articles were included if they were published in English or Thai journals; peer-reviewed; evaluated self-management through technology to support psychological adjustment for quality of life; and concerned adult cancer survivors. Data were extracted from all included articles using online data imported into the Joanna Briggs Institute SUMARI program to increase the consistency of data extraction, with a quantitative summary and analysis by two reviewers.Eight articles met the inclusion criteria, integrating self-management eHealth interventions and demonstrating a statistically significant improvement of psychological adjustment for the participants’ health-related quality of life. This review identified that self-management eHealth interventions might assist with the development of mechanisms/strategies which may effectively support cancer survivors’ psychological adjustment for their health-related quality of life. However, supportive cancer care via eHealth interventions may subordinate additional behavioral change techniques and information resources to assist and develop an individual’s coping mechanisms. The information gained may help healthcare providers with the development and enhancement of practice-related clinical guidelines that assist with implementing self-management eHealth interventions for cancer survivors.