Status:

COMPLETED

The Influence of Breast Cancer Risk and Risk Perception on Lifestyle Behaviors Among Women With a Family History: A Mixed Method Approach

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Conditions:

Breast Neoplasms

Eligibility:

FEMALE

35-74 years

Brief Summary

Lifestyle behaviors among women with a family history of breast cancer are likely to be influenced by a number of factors, including both objective risk factors and subjective risk, or perceived risk....

Detailed Description

Lifestyle behaviors among women with a family history of breast cancer are likely to be influenced by a number of factors, including both objective risk factors and subjective risk, or perceived risk....

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Data from the first 20,000 women enrolled in the Sister Study will be utilized for the quantitative analysis.
  • Participants for the qualitative study will include women living in North Carolina who reside within a three and a half hour driving distance from the researcher.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • The only exclusion criteria for the selection of data from women in the Sister Study are as follows:
  • women will be excluded if they were adopted because a complete family history is unlikely to be known;
  • women will be excluded if they have had prior history of cancer, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer;
  • women from racial/ethnic groups classified as "other" will also be excluded.
  • The same exclusion criteria described above will also apply for the qualitative study.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 24 2006

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    End Date :

    October 28 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00393406

    Start Date

    October 24 2006

    End Date

    October 28 2008

    Last Update

    July 2 2017

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    NIEHS, Research Triangle Park

    Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States, 27709