Physical performance limitations in adolescent and adult survivors of childhood cancer and their siblings.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study investigates physical performance limitations for sports and daily activities in recently diagnosed childhood cancer survivors and siblings.

Methods

The Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study sent a questionnaire to all survivors (≥ 16 years) registered in the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry, who survived >5 years and were diagnosed 1976-2003 aged <16 years. Siblings received similar questionnaires. We assessed two types of physical performance limitations: 1) limitations in sports; 2) limitations in daily activities (using SF-36 physical function score). We compared results between survivors diagnosed before and after 1990 and determined predictors for both types of limitations by multivariable logistic regression.

Results

The sample included 1038 s

SUBMITTER: Rueegg CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3474773 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature