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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Owing to an increasing number of long-term cancer survivors, the use of health care services and somatic health problems were compared between cancer survivors and a noncancer population. Data from the Nord-Trondelag Health Survey 2 (HUNT 2, 1995-1997) was merged with the Cancer Registry of Norway. Six cancer subgroups were constructed with diagnosis 5 years prior HUNT 2: testicular cancer (n= 59), colorectal cancer (n= 175), prostate cancer (n= 87), breast cancer (n= 258), gynaecological cancer (n= 153) and lymphoma/leukaemia (n= 83). For each cancer survivor 3 matched noncancer controls were selected from the HUNT 2 survey. The prevalence of common health problems, use of health care services and unfavourably life style parameters were compared between the 2 groups. Cancer survivors used health care services and received social welfare benefits more often than the controls. There was an increased risk of perceiving poor health after a history of cancer. Common health problems and/or unfavourable life style parameters could not explain poor health or the increased use of health care services among cancer survivors. Further studies are needed to investigate the reasons for increased use of health care services and perceived poor health in cancer survivors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
307-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Delivery of Health Care, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Genital Neoplasms, Female, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Health, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Norway, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Registries, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Survivors, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Testicular Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15543613-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Self-reported health and use of health care services in long-term cancer survivors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, 0310 Oslo, Norway. carina.nord@klinmed.uio.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study