Psychological symptoms and subsequent healthy lifestyle after a colorectal cancer diagnosis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Although medical professionals recommend lifestyle changes following a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis to improve outcomes, such changes are not consistently implemented. This study examines whether higher distress is associated with lower likelihood of engaging in favorable behaviors after CRC diagnosis. METHOD:Women from the Nurses' Health Study prospective cohort who completed anxiety (n = 145) and depression (n = 227) symptom scales within 4 years after receiving a CRC diagnosis were included. Measures of lifestyle (diet, physical activity, alcohol, smoking, body mass index [BMI]) were queried prediagnosis, when psychological symptoms were assessed (1988 and 1992, respectively), and then every 4 years thereafter until 2010. Women were categorized according to initial psycho

SUBMITTER: Trudel-Fitzgerald C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837921 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature