ArticlePatient education and counseling2012
A longitudinal study on engagement with dieting information as a predictor of dieting behavior among adults diagnosed with cancer.
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- Health Information Seeking Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
- Information scanning and vaccine safety concerns among African American, Mexican American, and non-Hispanic White women.Patient education and counseling · 2016Article
- Improving medication adherence among kidney transplant recipients: Findings from other industries, patient engagement, and behavioral economics-A scoping review.SAGE open medicine · 2016Article
- The role of patient-clinician information engagement and information seeking from nonmedical channels in fruit and vegetable intake among cancer patients.Journal of health communication · 2014Article
- Does the number of cancer patients' close social ties affect cancer-related information seeking through communication efficacy? Testing a mediation model.Journal of health communication · 2014Article
- An analysis of the association between cancer-related information seeking and adherence to breast cancer surveillance procedures.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study explores cancer survivors' engagement with information about dieting to control weight from doctors, interpersonal, and media sources and examines whether engagement from these sources impacts subsequent dieting behavior.
methodsA total of 1128 respondents diagnosed with colorectal, breast, or prostate cancers were surveyed over three years following their cancer diagnoses. Using weighted logistic regression analyses, the authors predicted the odds of dieting based on earlier information engagement with sources, controlling for dieting in the previous year and confounders.
resultsParticipants reported talking with doctors more frequently (37%) than seeking or scanning from interpersonal and media sources about dieting (15-22%). Seeking from interpersonal and media sources, and discussion with physicians, significantly predicted dieting behavior. In addition, discussions with physicians increased the odds of subsequent dieting behavior by 2.32 times (95% CI: 1.50-3.61; p=.002), over and above the effects of other information engagement.
conclusionCancer survivors reported engaging with a variety of information sources about dieting. Engagement with doctors and information-seeking from interpersonal or media sources predicted cancer survivors' dieting behavior a year later. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The results may inform strategies to encourage and empower cancer survivors to engage with information about healthy lifestyle changes for promoting long-term health.
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