Cancer Survivors Not More Likely to Engage in Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors – Oncology Nurse Advisor

January 29, 2016

US cancer survivors are not a lot more most likely compared to the overall population to engage in every one of healthy and balanced way of living behaviors.

US cancer survivors are not a lot more most likely compared to the overall population to engage in every one of healthy and balanced way of living behaviors, a study published online ahead of print in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship has actually shown.¹

For the study, researchers sought to describe and compare way of living behaviors, including alcohol consumption, nutrition, bodily activity, and smoking, among cancer survivors and people free of cancer.

Investigators analyzed data from the 2013 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System in order to examine associations in between each group and way of living behaviors.

Results showed that cancer survivors were slightly a lot more most likely to attempt smoking cessation, were a lot more most likely be physically inactive, and were much less most likely to binge consume compared along with people free of cancer. Researchers discovered that the prevalence of smoking was reduced among male survivors compared to males along with no cancer history, whereas it was better among female survivors compared to females free of cancer.

The study further demonstrated that the prevalence of massive drinking was reduced among male survivors compared to males along with no cancer history, yet there was no distinction in binge drinking prevalence among females. There were likewise no differences in the prevalence of fruit and vegetable consumption or physique mass index in between the 2 groups.

“Cancer survivors go to increased risk for comorbid conditions, and acceptance of healthy and balanced behaviors might lessen dysfunction and boost long term health,” the authors conclude. “Ultimately, possibilities exist for clinicians to promote way of living adjustments that might boost the length and quality of life of their patients.”

Clinicians might should boost their communication in order to lessen bodily inactivity among cancer survivors and cigarette smoking among female survivors in particular.

REFERENCE

1. Mowls DS, Brame LS, Martinez SA, et al. way of living behaviors among US cancer survivors [published online ahead of print January 28, 2016]. J Cancer Surviv. doi:10.1007/s11764-016-0515-x.