Design and recruitment of the Chicago Healthy Living Study: a study of health behaviors in a diverse cohort of adult childhood cancer survivors. Cancer 2009 Sep 15;115(18 Suppl):4385-96
Date
09/05/2009Pubmed ID
19731351Pubmed Central ID
PMC2762651DOI
10.1002/cncr.24585Scopus ID
2-s2.0-69949149616 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 10 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND: Adult childhood cancer survivors are at higher risk for developing late medical effects related to their cancer treatments. Health-promoting behaviors may reduce the risk of some late effects and the severity of others. This article describes the design and recruitment of the Chicago Healthy Living Study (CHLS), an on-going study designed to examine the health behaviors and body mass index of minority adult childhood cancer survivors compared with nonminority survivors and noncancer controls.
METHODS: Survivors are identified by the hospital cancer registries at 5 treating institutions in the Chicago area; then, a multilevel recruitment plan will be implemented with the objective of enrolling 450 adult survivors of childhood cancer (150 in each racial/ethnic group). Simultaneously, 375 adult African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white noncancer controls (125 in each racial/ethnic group) living in the Chicago area will be recruited by using listed, targeted digit dialing. All participants will complete a 2-hour interview of questionnaires related to diet, physical activity, smoking, and associated mediators. Height and weight also will be measured.
CONCLUSIONS: The CHLS will provide important information on the health behaviors of adult minority childhood cancer survivors that can be used to inform the development of interventions to improve modifiable risks.
Author List
Stolley MR, Sharp LK, Arroyo C, Ruffin C, Restrepo J, Campbell RAuthor
Melinda Stolley PhD Center Associate Director, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultChicago
Child, Preschool
Clinical Protocols
Control Groups
Health Behavior
Humans
Minority Health
Neoplasms
Patient Selection
Research Design
Software Design
Survivors
