To evaluate the effect of non-pharmacological interventions on benefit finding of breast cancer patients by using network Meta-analysis.

Randomized controlled trials on the effect of non-pharmacological interventions on the benefit finding of breast cancer patients were retrieved by computer from CNKI, VIP, Wanfang Date, China Biology Medicine disc, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EBSCO, Embase, Medline, Ovid, CINAHL and other databases. The retrieval time was from establishment of the databases to October 15th, 2023. Literature screening and data extraction were carried out independently by two researchers. The Cochrane Manual 5.1.0 randomised Controlled Trial Bias Risk Assessment Scale were used to evaluate the included literature. And the Stata 14.0 were used for Network Meta-analysis.

A total of 10 literatures were included. The results of Network Meta-analysis showed that cognitive behavior therapy was the best intervention in improving the benefit finding of breast cancer patients. The effects of different non-pharmacological intervention methods in descending order were cognitive behavior therapy, yoga, acceptance and commitment therapy, self disclosure and muscle stretching.

Existing evidence suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy is most effective in improving benefiting finding in breast cancer patients, but more valuable evidence support and high-quality randomized controlled trial studies are needed to further validate.

Breast neoplasms; Benefit finding; Intervention effect; Network Meta-analysis