Evaluating the Impact of Social and Built Environments on Health-Related Quality of Life among Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With almost 17 million U.S. cancer survivors, understanding multilevel factors impacting health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is critical to improving survivorship outcomes. Few studies have evaluated neighborhood impact on HRQOL among cancer survivors.

Methods

We combined sociodemographic, clinical, and behavioral data from three registry-based studies in California. Using a three-level mixed linear regression model (participants nested within block groups and study/regions), we examined associations of both independent neighborhood attributes and neighborhood archetypes, which capture interactions inherent among neighborhood attributes, with two HRQOL outcomes, physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) composite scores.

Results

For the 2,477 survivors, 46% were 7

SUBMITTER: Chu JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755614 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature