Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines among Female Breast Cancer Survivors in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer survivors show low physical activity participation rates in the United States. However, there are limited national-level data on disparities in the prevalence of meeting physical activity guidelines among women with and without breast cancer. We aimed to evaluate national-level trends in meeting physical activity guidelines across demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of breast cancer survivors and women without cancer.

Methods

Data for women ≥35 years of age with and without breast cancer were obtained from the 2004 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey. We used National Health Interview Survey sample weights to generate national-level prevalence estimates and calculate absolute and relative indices of disparity for breast cancer survivors and w

SUBMITTER: Wojcik KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature