ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Living Alone, Physical Health, and Mortality in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.
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- Living alone and mortality risk in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Clinician documentation of social circumstances of older and younger women receiving chemotherapy for early breast cancer.The oncologist · 2025Article
- Cold and hot consumption and health outcomes among US Asian and White populations.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Quantifying the Influence of Psychosocial Characteristics, Supportive Care Needs and Quality of Life on Breast Cancer Survival.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
- Assessing the performance of QLQ-C30 in predicting all-cause mortality in community cancer patients.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Impact of Structural Racism and Social Determinants of Health on Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality.Cancer research · 2024Review
- Disparities and Determinants of Online Medical Record Access among Cancer Survivors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Living alone, particularly for individuals with poor physical health, can increase the likelihood of mortality. This study aimed to explore the individual and joint associations of living alone and physical health with overall mortality among breast cancer survivors in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL). We collected baseline, 12-month and 48-month data among 2869 women enrolled in the WHEL cohort. Living alone was assessed as a binary variable (Yes, No), while scores of physical health were measured using the RAND Short Form-36 survey (SF-36), which include four domains (physical function, role limitation, bodily pain, and general health perceptions) and an overall summary score of physical health. Cox proportional hazard models were used to evaluate associations. No significant association between living alone and mortality was observed. However, several physical health measures showed significant associations with mortality (
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