Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Associations Between Four Common Cancers and Disability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 61 million Americans have a disability. Little research has explored whether disability is associated with subsequent diagnosis of cancer, the second-leading cause of death in the United States. The objective of this study was to explore associations between cancer and disability, focusing on 4 cancers that may present with nonspecific symptoms that could be conflated with aspects of disability, thus delaying cancer diagnoses. An analysis of a nationally representative survey using sampling weights to produce national estimates was performed.

Methods

Civilian, noninstitutionalized US residents responding to the 2010-2017 National Health Interview Surveys totaling 259,392 Sample Adult Core survey respondents were included. We used self-reported functi

SUBMITTER: Iezzoni LI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715389 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature