Internet-delivered parent-led interventions can be useful for treating anxiety in children and adolescents, and they also help increase access to services while reducing time and cost.

This review aimed to investigate the effects of internet-delivered parent-led interventions on reducing anxiety in children and adolescents.

A search of PubMed, PsycArticles, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar databases identified 13 studies published between 2013 and 2024, which examined internet-delivered, parent-led interventions targeting anxiety in children.

Internet-delivered parent-led interventions had overall positive effects on reduced anxiety in children and adolescents that could be maintained through follow-up. Interventions directly targeting anxiety symptoms had significant treatment effects.

Internet-delivered parent-led interventions may be effective in reducing anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents, particularly when the intervention directly targets anxiety rather than focusing solely on parenting approaches. Interventions supplemented with therapist support, such as telephone consultations, appear to enhance treatment outcomes and help maintain effects over time. Two-thirds of the included studies had a moderate risk of bias, and one-third had a serious risk of bias. Further studies using rigorous methodologies are needed to strengthen the evidence base.

Older men face significant health inequities compared to women, with the transition to retirement often exacerbating these differences.

This study explored the benefits of participation in the Squamish Men’s Shed (SMS) in British Columbia, Canada.

Using a case study design, semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 members aged 55 and older.

Thematic analysis identified four overarching themes: A Meaningful Use of Time, The Desire to Give Back, Finding Friendship Within the Shed, and Well-Being as a By-Product. Findings described the Shed as a valuable space to maintain structure and purpose postretirement, foster community engagement, and cultivate social connection. While mental health was rarely an explicit motivation for participation, members described enhanced well-being as an indirect outcome. The Shed also provided opportunities for intergenerational contribution, reinforcing a sense of usefulness and generativity.

The findings highlight the Shed’s potential as a community-based model that promotes men’s mental health rather than formalized interventions.

To pilot a registry to evaluate the use and effectiveness of interventional cancer pain management.

Upon interventional pain procedure scheduling, patient demographics, cancer, and pain information were entered into the longitudinal clinical registry in 2 tertiary hospitals in Sydney, Australia (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse). Details of the procedure (including proceduralist, nature of the intervention, and site of treatment), post-procedure patient-reported outcomes and quality of life surveys, adverse events, and mortality data (when known) were collected longitudinally.

Between October 2021 and March 2023, 48 patients underwent 55 procedures. Procedures included treatment targeting autonomic plexuses, peripheral nerves, fascial planes, and neuraxial structures. Celiac plexus neurolysis was the most frequently reported procedure (33.3%). Post-procedure, there was a trend in reduction in pain intensity on the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (p < 0.01), reduction in opioid consumption, and improvement in quality of life on the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core-15-Palliative Care.

This is a vital first step in creating a more widely applicable registry evaluating cancer pain intervention. It provided valuable information on the range of available pain intervention procedures and data on patient-reported outcome measures using validated instruments. This will facilitate a timely review of clinical practice to improve future patient care. An Australian-wide database of cancer pain will be a valuable next step in the improvement of cancer pain management.

Clinical trial number: not applicable.

To evaluate the impact of a tailored organizational intervention on the support for family caregivers.

A convergent mixed-methods study was conducted in 17 organizations (6 hospices, 5 home care organizations, 3 nursing homes, 2 hospitals, 1 transmural organization) between November 2021 and August 2023. The intervention comprised a structured practice improvement trajectory during which each organization conducted a structured workshop to define organization-specific goals to improve their support for family caregivers and to develop an action plan to achieve those goals. The action plan was implemented over 1 year with intermittent evaluations. Pre- and post-intervention surveys were distributed among healthcare professionals (paired) and bereaved family caregivers (non-paired) to assess provided and received support. Data were analyzed with mixed models and regression analyses. Post-intervention focus groups with project team members and final evaluation reports were analyzed with qualitative content analysis.

Survey respondents were 97 healthcare professionals (83% nursing staff), 123 family caregivers pre-intervention, and 99 family caregivers post-intervention. Only healthcare professionals of home care organizations reported a significant increase in attending to family caregivers’ wellbeing and needs (scale 0–20; β = 3.65; 95%CI: 1.33–5.97). Family caregivers’ reports of healthcare professionals attending to their wellbeing and needs did not change (scale 0–2; β = 0.17; 95%CI: −0.04–0.38). Across settings, healthcare professionals evaluated the care they provided more positively post-intervention (scale 0–8; β = 0.65, 95%CI: 0.38–0.97). In home care, family caregivers also evaluated care more positively (scale 0–8; β = 2.12; 95%CI: 0.89–3.34). Four focus groups and 17 evaluation reports indicated improvements at 3 levels: the support for family caregivers (increased awareness of healthcare professionals, changes in work processes, more structured support), the healthcare team (more skills, confidence, available tools), and the organization (fostering sustainability).

A tailored organizational intervention can strengthen the support of family caregivers in healthcare organizations.

Patients in the re-entry phase (that is, the first 18 months after curative cancer treatment) may use meaning-making to deal with existential concerns imposed by cancer and related changes in life. The purpose of the current study was to conduct a formative evaluation of an intervention aimed at supporting patients’ meaning-making process and motivating them to pick up life during the re-entry phase.

Patients were included after finishing systemic treatment for breast cancer or melanoma. The intervention comprised a single one-hour conversation guided by a spiritual counselor who explored patients’ sources of meaning, in order to support them in dealing with existential concerns and changes in life in the re-entry phase. The evaluation included semi-structured interviews concerning the intervention and questionnaires assessing mental adjustment to cancer, psycho-spiritual wellbeing and meaning in life.

Qualitative interviews with 14 participants demonstrated an overall positive experience and appreciation of the intervention. Patients reported several benefits: reflection on existential concerns and sources of meaning, validation of sources of meaning, insights regarding the use of sources of meaning, and motivation to pick up life; and to a lesser extent: prioritizing, identifying meaningful goals, or undertaking specific action. Patients made suggestions on how to tailor the intervention more to their needs. Quantitative data showed increases on the subscales autonomy, goal-orientedness, and fairness of life with small effect sizes.

This study showed that an intervention to support patients with breast cancer or melanoma in the process of meaning-making in the re-entry phase after systemic treatment was positively experienced and well appreciated. It supported meaning-making, particularly through reflection on, validation and utilization of sources of meaning, and supporting motivation to pick up life. The results of the current study can be used to optimize the intervention, which can be further evaluated in a multicenter study.