NDLI: Gynecological cancer survivors’ health behaviors and their associations with quality of life

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Author	Beesley, Vanessa L. Eakin, Elizabeth G. Janda, Monika Battistutta, Diana
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	To evaluate health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake) and body mass index of gynecological cancer survivors and their association with quality of life.We collected cross-sectional mail survey data from 802 gynecological cancer survivors (56% response rate) The questionnaire included validated measures of health behaviors, quality of life, clinical status, and demographics.Depending on gynecological cancer subtype, 61–68% were insufficiently active or sedentary, 19–44% were obese, 31–41% had less than two daily serves of fruit, 82–89% had less than five serves of vegetables and 6–21% smoked. Significantly more endometrial than other cancer survivors were obese (44%; 95% CI 41–47%); smoking was more prevalent among cervical cancer survivors (21%; 95% CI 19–23%). Using general linear modeling we identified a positive linear trend of physical activity level with quality of life (p = 0.039). Being insufficiently active or sedentary was also associated with not meeting the guidelines for fruit and vegetable consumption, with smoking and with overweight/obesity.This research demonstrates the importance of integrating physical activity into follow-up of gynecological cancer survivors. Interventions to improve physical activity and test the causal effect of exercise on quality of life are a future research priority.
Starting Page	775
Ending Page	782
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09575243
Journal	Cancer Causes & Control
Volume Number	19
Issue Number	7
e-ISSN	15737225
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2008-03-06
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Gynecologic carcinoma Quality of life Physical activity Risk factors Hematology Epidemiology Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Oncology Biomedicine general Cancer Research
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cancer Research Oncology

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