Health behaviors, obesity, and marital status among cancer survivors: a MEPS study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Promoting positive health behaviors helps improve cancer survivors' health outcomes during survivorship; however, little is known about whether health behaviors differ by marital status. The purpose is to examine whether health behaviors and obesity among cancer survivors vary by marital status and whether the type of cancer and sociodemographic factors influence the relationship.

Methods

We examined smoking, physical activity, and body mass index (BMI) among 1880 individuals diagnosed with prostate, breast, or colon cancer who were identified from the 2011-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). We used Rao-Scott design-adjusted chi-square tests and weighted multivariable logistic regressions to achieve the research aims.

Results

Current smoking behavio

SUBMITTER: Song L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036458 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature