ArticleJournal of geriatric oncology2022
Correlates of physical activity among older breast cancer survivors: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative LILAC study.
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- Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Older breast cancer survivors' exercise and support group program experiences and recommendations from the IMPROVE trial: a qualitative study.BMC cancer · 2026Trial
- Pain-related variables as contributing factors to physical activity after breast cancer surgery: a one-year follow-up study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Physical Activity Patterns According to Demographic, Social, and Clinical Correlates Among Breast Cancer Survivors.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Physical activity and cognition: longitudinal findings from the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- Physical Activity Among Utah Cancer Survivors: Analysis From a Population-Based Statewide Survey.Journal of physical activity & health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of loneliness and associations with health behaviours and body mass index in 5835 people living with and beyond cancer: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
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introductionPhysical activity can attenuate cancer-related declines in physical functioning, improve emotional well-being, and prolong survival among older (≥65 years) breast cancer survivors. However, factors associated with physical activity among older breast cancer survivors are not well-understood. MATERIALS AND
methodsParticipants were enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Life and Longevity After Cancer (LILAC) study. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression, and relative risk [RR] regression were used to assess the association of demographic, clinical, physical and psychosocial variables with the total duration of and participation in physical activity among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors. Age-specific correlates (65-74 years vs. 75-84 years vs. ≥85 years) of physical activity were also examined.
resultsThe majority of participants (n = 3710, mean age = 78.8 ± 5.9) were white (90.7%) and had in situ/localized breast cancer (78.9%). Women who had higher education (RR = 1.47 for graduate/professional school versus high school or less, 95% CI: 1.32, 1.63), higher self-rated health (RR = 1.04 for 10 point increase, 95% CI:1.02, 1.07), higher physical functioning (RR = 1.03 for 5 point increase, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.04), and higher social support (RR = 1.41 for social support all of the time versus none of the time, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.96), were more likely to engage in any physical activity. Similar results were observed for duration of physical activity. Among women aged <75, radiation therapy, but not chemotherapy, was associated with longer duration of total physical activity (adjusted difference = 19.7 min/week, 95% CI: 6.1, 33.3), but was not associated with duration among older women. The association between pain and duration of moderate/strenuous activity also differed with age: among women aged <75, those with moderate pain averaged fewer minutes of moderate/strenuous physical activity than those with no pain (adjusted difference:-14.4 min/week, 95% CI:-28.5, -0.1). However, among women aged ≥85, those with moderate pain averaged more minutes of moderate/strenuous physical activity per week than those with no pain (adjusted difference:16.6 min/week; 95% CI:2.9, 30.3). DISCUSSION: Multiple factors were associated with physical activity among older breast cancer survivors in the WHI. Future physical activity interventions should focus on age-related (e.g., comorbidities) and treatment-related factors (e.g., radiation) as well as certain subgroups, such as women with higher symptom burden.
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