Interrelationships Between Health Behaviors and Coping Strategies Among Informal Caregivers of Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent research among cancer survivors suggests that health behaviors and coping are intertwined, with important implications for positive behavior change and health. Informal caregivers may have poor health behaviors, and caregivers' health behaviors have been linked to those of survivors.

Aims

This hypothesis generating study assessed the correlations among health behaviors and coping strategies in a population of lung and colorectal cancer caregivers.

Method

This cross-sectional study used data from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium. Caregivers ( n = 1,482) reported their health behaviors, coping, and sociodemographic and caregiving characteristics. Descriptive statistics assessed the distribution of caregivers' health and copin

SUBMITTER: Litzelman K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623644 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature