Self-reported causes of cancer among 6881 survivors with 6 tumour types: results from the PROFILES registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our aim was to describe and compare self-reported causal attributions (interpretations of what caused an illness) among cancer survivors and to assess which sociodemographic and clinical characteristics are associated with them.

Methods

Data from five population-based PROFILES registry samples (i.e. lymphoma (n = 993), multiple myeloma (n = 156), colorectal (n = 3989), thyroid (n = 306), endometrial (n = 741), prostate cancer (n = 696)) were used. Causal attributions were assessed with a single question.

Results

The five most often reported causal attributions combined were unknown (21%), lifestyle (19%), biological (16%), other (14%), and stress (12%). Lymphoma (49%), multiple myeloma (64%), thyroid (55%), and prostate (64%) cancer patients mentioned fixed

SUBMITTER: Vlooswijk C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971112 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature