Table 2.

Summary of the main characteristics of the selected articles.

Author, year of publication	Study design		Population			Intervention					Outcome
	RCT	Other design	Only GI∗ cancer	Under cancer treatment	Patient-caregiver dyad	Psychosocial support	Dietary counseling	Exercise	Acu-puncture	Adherence ≥ 70%§	QoL∗ among outcomes
Hopkinson, 2010	√			√	√	√				√
Faber, 2015	√		√				√			√	√
Focan, 2015	√			†		√	√				√
Grundmann, 2015		√	√	√					√	√
Yoon, 2015		√	√	√					√	√
Kapoor, 2017	√			†			√	√			√
Parmar, 2017		√		√		√	√	√		n.a.	√
Grundmann, 2019	√		√	√					√	√
Yoon, 2019	√		√	√					√	√
Yuliatun, 2019		√							√	√
Kamel, 2020	√		√					√		√
Latenstein, 2020		√	√	√			√			n.a.
Bland, 2021		√		†		√	√	√		n.a.	√
Molassiotis, 2021	√			†	√	√	√				√
Sim, 2022	√		√	√			√				√
Bagheri, 2023	√		√	√			√			√	√
Buonaccorso, 2023		√		√	√	√		√			√

GI, Gastrointestinal; QoL, Quality of life. †, Not declared. §, In the non-pharmacological group. n.a., Not applicable.