title: Cancer survivors as activated patients: Exploring the relationship between cancer history and patient activation.
abstract: Many cancer survivors experience long-term physical and psychosocial sequalae. As such, there is a need for survivors to be activated and participate in their own health care. Our study explores the relationship between cancer history and patient activation. We used data from the 2013 Health Information National Trends Survey (N = 3185, response rate = 35.19%). Survivors had approximately 70% higher odds of being highly activated compared to those with no cancer history. Level of activation did not vary across time since diagnosis. Future research should examine mechanisms for increased activation in survivors and ways to encourage more activation behaviors.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, Indiana University , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Bernat
authors.affiliation: b Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute , Bethesda , MD , USA.
authors.forename: Kisha
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coa
authors.affiliation: c Department of Natural and Applied Sciences , Bentley University , Waltham , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blanch-Hartigan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HINTS; cancer; oncology; patient activation; survivorship