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Daily Physical Activities and Sports in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Healthy Controls: A Population-Based Questionnaire Survey

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  • Corina S Rueegg
  • Nicolas X von der Weid
  • Cornelia E Rebholz
  • Gisela Michel
  • Marcel Zwahlen
  • Michael Grotzer
  • Claudia E Kuehni
  • for the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG)

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Background: Healthy lifestyle including sufficient physical activity may mitigate or prevent adverse long-term effects of childhood cancer. We described daily physical activities and sports in childhood cancer survivors and controls, and assessed determinants of both activity patterns. Methodology/Principal Findings: The Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study is a questionnaire survey including all children diagnosed with cancer 1976–2003 at age 0–15 years, registered in the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry, who survived ≥5years and reached adulthood (≥20years). Controls came from the population-based Swiss Health Survey. We compared the two populations and determined risk factors for both outcomes in separate multivariable logistic regression models. The sample included 1058 survivors and 5593 controls (response rates 78% and 66%). Sufficient daily physical activities were reported by 52% (n = 521) of survivors and 37% (n = 2069) of controls (p

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  • Corina S Rueegg & Nicolas X von der Weid & Cornelia E Rebholz & Gisela Michel & Marcel Zwahlen & Michael Grotzer & Claudia E Kuehni & for the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG), 2012. "Daily Physical Activities and Sports in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Healthy Controls: A Population-Based Questionnaire Survey," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(4), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0034930
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034930
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