Association between current lifestyle behaviors and health-related quality of life in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer survivors
| Autor: | Chris M. Blanchard, Frank Baker, Kerry S. Courneya, Mary F. Dent, Maxine Denniston, Eric J. Nehl, Kevin Stein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
Gerontology Health related quality of life medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Physical activity Cancer General Medicine General Chemistry medicine.disease humanities Prostate cancer Quality of life Internal medicine medicine business human activities Applied Psychology Lifestyle behavior |
| Zdroj: | Psychology & Health. 19:1-13 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8321 0887-0446 |
| Popis: | The purpose of the present study was to compare cancer survivors on three different lifestyle behaviors (i.e., physical activity, fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption, and smoking) and examine the association between these lifestyle behaviors and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Breast (n = 123), colorectal (n = 86), and prostate (n = 107) cancer survivors completed a survey that included lifestyle behavior questions and the RAND-36 Health Status Inventory (HSI). Results showed that similar percentages of breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer survivors met the lifestyle behavior recommendations. Overall, 69.9 and 26.3% reported meeting the recommendations for physical activity and F&V consumption while 94.3% did not smoke. In addition, survivors who met the physical activity recommendation had significantly higher HRQOL than those who did not, however, meeting the F&V recommendation was not related to HRQOL. Nonetheless, survivors who met more than one lifestyle behavior recommendation had signi... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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