• Jefferson Khai-Qiang Ng, Ponnusamy Subramaniam, Fuad Ismail, Mahadir Ahmad, and Nur Liyana Shamsudin.
• Department of Clinical Psychology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (J.K.Q.N., M.A.), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Nov 1; 64 (5): e235e249e235-e249.

ContextLife Review Intervention (LRI) has started to shift in emphasis of focus onto persons with cancer and its effectiveness in improving their psychological well-being. The process has now begin integrating into healthcare settings as a complementary treatment for this population.ObjectivesThe current systematic review aims to synthesize existing feasibility studies on LRI among persons with cancer.MethodsA literature search was conducted from the databases PubMed, ScienceDirect, PsychArticles, Scopus, Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection, Cochrane, EBSCO, and other methods. Eligible articles were selected based on the predetermined inclusion criteria and data extraction revolved around the study design, intervention procedure, and feasibility and psychological outcome measures.ResultsThe search yielded 8,627 articles, to which respondents simultaneously receiving other forms of psychological interventions were excluded. Eight were selected for evaluation. Four were integrated interventions while the remaining were conducted with the standard intervention. The sample size range from 5 to 90 persons with cancer. All reviewed articles reported optimum feasibility, as presented by recruitment capability, participant retention rate, acceptability and satisfaction, intervention implementation, and evaluation of intervention outcome measures. However, a majority of psychological outcome measures indicated no statistical significance.ConclusionLRI is feasible to be implemented among persons with cancer, given the high acceptability and availability of resources for its implementation. The present review highlighted the preliminary knowledge on the feasibility of the intervention.Copyright © 2022 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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