Beliefs about cancer and diet among those considering genetic testing for colon cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess beliefs about the role of diet in cancer prevention among individuals considering genetic testing for Lynch Syndrome.

Design

Family-centered, cascade recruitment; baseline assessment of a longitudinal study.

Setting

Clinical research setting.

Participants

Participants were 390 persons, ages 18 and older, including persons with a Lynch Syndrome-associated cancer and suspected of carrying a disease causing mutation, and relatives at risk for inheriting a previously identified mutation.

Main outcome measures

Assess clustering of beliefs about the role of diet in cancer prevention and predictors of class membership.

Analysis

Confirmatory factor analysis; 2-class factor mixture model with binary indicators; multilevel regression ana

SUBMITTER: Palmquist AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3090483 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature