Awareness of link between obesity and breast cancer risk is associated with willingness to participate in weight loss intervention.

Autor: Burkbauer L; Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 10th Floor PCAM South, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Laura.Burkbauer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu., Goldbach M; Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 10th Floor PCAM South, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA., Huang C; Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 10th Floor PCAM South, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA., Lewandowski J; Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 10th Floor PCAM South, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA., Krouse R; Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 10th Floor PCAM South, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA., Allison K; Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. kca@pennmedicine.upenn.edu., Tchou J; Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 10th Floor PCAM South, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Julia.tchou@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Julia.tchou@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Breast cancer research and treatment [Breast Cancer Res Treat] 2022 Aug; Vol. 194 (3), pp. 541-550. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 25.
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-022-06546-y
Abstrakt: Purpose: To assess knowledge of obesity-associated cancer risk, self-awareness of BMI status, and willingness to engage in weight loss intervention in breast cancer survivors with overweight and obesity as a companion study for a novel weight loss program using a telehealth platform (NCT04855552).
Methods: Breast cancer survivors with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2 were surveyed to assess self-perception of BMI, knowledge of obesity-related cancer risk, and willingness to participate in weight loss programs. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with willingness to participate.
Results: Of the 122 participants, 73 (59.8%) had BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m 2 (overweight) and 49 (40.2%) had BMI ≥ 30 (obesity). Patients with obesity were more likely to underestimate their BMI than those with overweight, 40.8% vs. 23.3% (p = 0.03). The majority (82.0%) indicated awareness that obesity increases breast cancer risk and 57.4% expressed interest in a weight loss program. Patients with knowledge of obesity-related breast cancer risk (91.4% willing vs. 69.2% not willing, p < 0.01) were more willing to participate in a weight loss program on univariable and multivariable analyses (p < 0.01).
Conclusion: Our results underscore the importance of raising patients' awareness of obesity-related health risks and individual BMI category. Future work in the development of better education and communication tools to improve awareness will likely improve the adoption rate of healthy lifestyles in at-risk patients.
(© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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