Open AccessPsychological symptoms and subsequent healthy lifestyle after a colorectal cancer diagnosis.
Author(s) -
Claudia TrudelFitzgerald,
Shelley S. Tworoger,
Elizabeth M. Poole,
Xuehong Zhang,
Edward Giovannucci,
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt,
Laura D. Kubzansky
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000571
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , body mass index , odds ratio , colorectal cancer , distress , prospective cohort study , cohort , cancer , psychiatry , clinical psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Although medical professionals recommend lifestyle changes following a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis to improve outcomes, such changes are not consistently implemented. This study examines whether higher distress is associated with lower likelihood of engaging in favorable behaviors after CRC diagnosis.