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Exploring the Association Between Dispositional Cancer Worry, Perceived Risk, and Physical Activity Among College Women.

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      BREAST tumor prevention; BREAST tumor risk factors; ANXIETY; COLLEGE students; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; RESEARCH methodology; MOTIVATION (Psychology); QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; SURVEYS; WOMEN; LOGISTIC regression analysis; PREDICTIVE validity; HEALTH literacy; PHYSICAL activity; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
    • الموضوع:
      MIDWEST (U.S.)
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Objective: In this study, the authors explored the association between dispositional cancer worry (DCW), risk perceptions (RP), and physical activity (PA) among college females.Participants: Four hundred fifty-one females from a midwestern university completed an online survey in September/October 2012.Methods: DCW severity, DCW frequency, RP, and PA were measured along with qualitative data about PA as cancer prevention.Results: Sixty-nine percent of participants did not meet PA recommendations. DCW severity was a significant predictor of meeting PA recommendations (odds ratio = 1.2, 95% confidence interval [1.00, 1.38];p= .05). Qualitative data revealed a lack of knowledge about breast cancer risk and PA as cancer prevention.Conclusions: College women do not engage in enough PA nor feel at risk for developing breast cancer. A lack of knowledge exists about the cancer prevention benefit of PA. Results indicate a need for PA interventions that both educate breast cancer risk and motivate health protective behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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