Fig. 5

Forest plots for the effect of psychoeducational interventions on fatigue at postintervention (A), depression at postintervention (B), fatigue scores at the 8-week follow-up (C), and depression scores at the 8-week follow-up (D). Notes: Gholami et al.’s study included two intervention groups (i: e-learning and ii: face to face), which had assessment scores. Giallo et al.’s study included two intervention groups (i: professionally led telephone support and ii: self-directed written), and it used two independent scales (a: FAS and b: FSS) to assess fatigue symptoms in the same group. Troy et al.’s study examined morning fatigue (a) and evening fatigue (b)