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17008092

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
We examined whether changes in the frequency of contact with the social network (partner, children, grandchildren, other relatives, friends and colleagues) in a group of colorectal cancer patients were associated with survival. The study was based on a questionnaire survey from 1991. The study population consisted of 770 Danish colorectal cancer patients diagnosed in the period 1985-1990, and followed up for survival until March 2002. Using Cox regression analysis we found a significantly higher mortality among patients who had lost their partner before the operation compared to patients cohabiting with the same partner as before the operation (rate ratio (RR)=1.4, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.1-1.8) possibly because of less active cancer treatment. This needs investigation in future studies. Contrary to expectations we also found a significantly higher mortality among patients reporting increased contact with their children compared to patients reporting unchanged contact frequency (RR=1.7, 95% CI: 1.3-2.4). However, a low physical functioning of the cancer patient may have confounded the latter result.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3022-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Does marital status and altered contact with the social network predict colorectal cancer survival?
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't