Daily physical activities and sports in adult survivors of childhood cancer and healthy controls: a population-based questionnaire survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy lifestyle including sufficient physical activity may mitigate or prevent adverse long-term effects of childhood cancer. We described daily physical activities and sports in childhood cancer survivors and controls, and assessed determinants of both activity patterns.

Methodology/principal findings

The Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study is a questionnaire survey including all children diagnosed with cancer 1976-2003 at age 0-15 years, registered in the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry, who survived ≥5 years and reached adulthood (≥20 years). Controls came from the population-based Swiss Health Survey. We compared the two populations and determined risk factors for both outcomes in separate multivariable logistic regression models. The sample included 1058

SUBMITTER: Rueegg CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3323587 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature