Sociocultural factors associated with physical activity in Black prostate cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prostate cancer disproportionately affects Black men. Physical activity protects long-term health and quality of life outcomes in prostate cancer survivors. This study aimed to identify sociocultural factors related to physical activity among Black prostate cancer survivors to inform culturally tailored intervention development.

Methods

This secondary analysis included data from 257 men who identified as Black or African American and were diagnosed with prostate cancer between 2013 and 2018. Participants completed validated self-report measures of perceived history of racial discrimination, religiosity, fatalism, sociodemographic (e.g., age, ethnicity, income) and clinical characteristics (e.g., years since diagnosis, comorbidity burden), and leisure-time physical ac

SUBMITTER: Buro AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10388711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature