title: Surviving childhood cancer: relationship between exercise and coping on quality of life.
abstract: This research assesses Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in a Spanish sample of adolescent cancer survivors, and analyzes the relationship between HRQoL, coping styles and physical exercise. Forty-two survivors (12-19 years), who were ≥ 1 year of remission, completed standardized measures of HRQoL (CHIP-AE), coping strategies (ACS) and physical exercise (AECEF). Mean scores in all HRQoL domains were within normative values. Multiple regression analysis revealed that physical exercise and productive coping were related to higher HRQoL, whereas non-productive coping was related to lower HRQoL. This sample of survivors reported good levels of HRQoL, which are mediated by coping styles and physical exercise.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain).
authors.forename: Carmina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castellano
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Campdepadrós
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capdevila
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez de Toledo
authors.forename: Soledad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Blasco
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology; D016014:Linear Models; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult