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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022

Health behaviors and well-being among those "living" with metastatic cancer in Alabama.

Jennifer R Bail, Sumanth V Bail, Jessica Cagle, Koriann Tiesi, Jayla Caffey, Marie Bakitas, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  3. Changes in physical activity since cancer diagnosis and associations with health-related quality of life: a study of adults living with advanced cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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7 authors.

Jennifer R BailCollege of Nursing, University of Alabama in Huntsville, NUR 419, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA. Jennifer.bail@uah.edu.
Sumanth V BailClearview Cancer Institute, Huntsville, AL, USA.
Jessica CagleMcWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University, Homewood, AL, USA.
Koriann TiesiDepartment of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Jayla CaffeyDepartment of Biology, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, USA.
Marie BakitasSchool of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Wendy Demark-WahnefriedNutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Funding

TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENTU54CA118948 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI UPENDER MANNE · 2005 to 2026
$26.6M
UAB CANCER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS(CARES)R25CA076023 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI SMITH, PETER R., WATERBOR, JOHN W · 1999 to 2020
$5.6M
UAB Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program (T32)T32CA047888 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Ritu Aneja, Ellen Mary Lavoie Smith · 2018 to 2026
$3.2M
Harvest for Health in Older Cancer SurvivorsR01CA201362 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DEMARK-WAHNEFRIED, WENDY · 2016 to 2021
$2.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA201362NCI NIH HHS R25 CA076023NCI NIH HHS T32 CA047888NCI NIH HHS T32-CA047888NCI NIH HHS U54 CA118948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApproximately 5 million Americans are living with metastatic cancer. Metastatic cancer survivors (MCS) are at risk for poor health behaviors, which may negatively influence well-being.

methodsUsing a modified Dillman protocol, 542 MCS were mailed a survey querying physical and mental health (PROMIS® measures), health behaviors, and supportive care interest. Returned surveys were double-key entered into REDCap®. Data were analyzed using SPSS.

resultsTwo hundred seventy-seven surveys were returned (51% response). Respondents (51% female; 88% Caucasian; 12% African-American; Mage = 65 years; Msurvivorship = 38 months; 23% female cancers, 23% melanoma, 21% gastrointestinal, 15% genitourinary, 12% pulmonary, and 6% other) reported low daily fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake (M = 4.1) and weekly minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (PA) (M = 41.9), with 66% of respondents having overweight or obesity. While mean scores for physical (M = 43.6) and mental (M = 47.7) health were considered "good," scores in the "fair" to "poor" ranges were observed (40% physical; 23% mental). MCS meeting PA (≥ 150 min per week) and dietary (≥ 5 daily servings of F&V) guidelines reported better physical (p = .003; p = .056) and mental (p = .033, p = .549) health, respectively, compared to MCS who were not. While current supportive care use was low (12%), future interest was high (57%), with greatest interest for nutrition (46%), MCS support group (38%), and gardening (31%).

conclusionsOur findings suggest that engaging in regular PA and consuming more F&Vs may enhance physical and mental health among MCS. Future research may explore supportive care approaches with high interest, such as gardening, to aid MCS in improving key health behaviors.

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Cancer SurvivorsNeoplasmsAlabamaDietHealth BehaviorHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesVegetablesHealth behaviorsMetastatic cancerPsychosocial well-beingSupportive care

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PMID34562170
PMCPMC13639885

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