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Sexual Minority Women's Health Behaviors and Outcomes After Breast Cancer.

Abstract：

PURPOSE:Sexual minority women (e.g., lesbians, bisexual women, and women who prefer a female partner) are a known risk population for overweight, obesity, and mental health problems. Our objective is to compare sexual minority women with breast cancer to a control sample of sexual minority women without cancer to identify differences in healthful lifestyle practices, weight, well-being and mental health. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study of 85 sexual minority women with a breast cancer history (cases) matched by age and partner status to 85 sexual minority controls without cancer. We compared self-reported physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, weight, quality of life, anxiety, and depression. RESULTS:Cases and controls had similar health behaviors, BMI, quality of life, anxiety, and depression. Of the weight-related behaviors, meeting the recommended guidelines of physical activity was significantly associated with lower likelihood of being overweight or obese, less depression, and better mental quality of life. CONCLUSIONS:Sexual minority women with breast cancer are similar to sexual minority women without cancer with respect to healthful behaviors, body weight, anxiety, depression, and quality of life. Lifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of poor outcomes after cancer should be implemented in this population as well as in sexual minority women without cancer.

journal_name

LGBT Health

journal_title

LGBT health

authors

Boehmer U,Ozonoff A,Potter J

doi

10.1089/lgbt.2014.0105

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-09-01 00:00:00

pages

221-7

issue

3

eissn

2325-8292

issn

2325-8306

journal_volume

2

pub_type

杂志文章

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