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Health status, lifestyle habits, and perceived social support in long-term cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.

Beatriz León-SalasEdurne Zabaleta-Del-OlmoJoan LloberaBonaventura Bolíbar-RibasTomás López-JiménezMarc Casajuana-ClosasMagdalena Esteva
Published in: BMC research notes (2020)
Of the 4259 people studied, 190 (4.46%) were cancer survivors. They had a mean ± SD age of 62.8 ± 7 years vs. 58.7 ± 8 years (P < 0.01) for non-cancer people and were more likely to be on long-term sick leave (11.9 vs. 3.5%, P < 0.001). No differences were observed for smoking, adherence to the Mediterranean diet, physical activity, obesity, or social support. Cancer survivors were more likely to have worse self-perceived health (OR 1.82; 95% CI 1.02-2.75), more comorbidities (OR 1.68; 95% CI 1.18-2.39), COPD (OR 2.17; 95% CI 1.25-3.78), and depression (OR 1.65; 95% CI 1.06-2.57). Older age and worse self-perceived health were independent predictors of survivorship in the adjusted analysis.
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