Correlates of strength exercise in colorectal cancer survivors

Amy E. Speed-Andrews; Erin L. McGowan; Ryan E. Rhodes; Chris M. Blanchard; S. Nicole Culos-Reed; Christine M. Friedenreich; Kerry S. Courneya

doi:10.5993/AJHB.37.2.3

Correlates of strength exercise in colorectal cancer survivors

Amy E. Speed-Andrews, Erin L. McGowan, Ryan E. Rhodes, Chris M. Blanchard, S. Nicole Culos-Reed, Christine M. Friedenreich, Kerry S. Courneya

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Objective: To estimate the prevalence and correlates of meeting the public health strength exercise guidelines (≥2 days/week) in colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors. Methods: A random sample of 600 CRC survivors in Alberta, Canada, completed a mailed questionnaire assessing medical, demographic, and behavioral variables and participation in strength exercise. Results: About a quarter (25.5%) of CRC survivors were meeting strength exercise guidelines. In multivariate analysis, meeting guidelines was associated with being male (p =.052), married (p =.079), a drinker (p =.006), in better health (p <.001), nonsmoking (p =.023), and nonobese (p =.010). Conclusions: Interventions to increase strength exercise participation in CRC survivors are needed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-170
Number of pages	9
Journal	American Journal of Health Behavior
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.2.3
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

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