The Association of Neighborhood Characteristics and Frailty in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood cancer survivors experience reduced physiologic reserve, or frailty, earlier and more frequently than peers. In other populations, frailty is impacted by one's neighborhood. This study's purpose was to evaluate associations between neighborhood characteristics and frailty in childhood cancer survivors.

Methods

Participants in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study with geocoded residential addresses were analyzed. Pre-frailty/Frailty was defined as having 1-2/≥3 of sarcopenia, muscle weakness, poor endurance, slow walking speed, and exhaustion from direct assessments. Neighborhood characteristics [e.g., access to exercise opportunities and healthy food, neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES), and rurality/urbanicity] were determined using publicly availabl

SUBMITTER: Schwartz LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524118 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature