Abstract
Routinely collected health care data (the Scottish Cancer Registry) were record-linked to representative survey data on health and health behaviours (the Government-funded Scottish Health Survey) to compare the health and well-being of cancer survivors in Scotland with people who had never had cancer; a methodological approach which has been under-utilised. After adjusting for age, sex and occupational classification, people with a previous diagnosis of cancer (even > 6 years previously) (n = 507) were more likely to have poorer self-assessed health, reduced activity and psychological morbidity than people who had never had cancer (n = 25,631).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 429-432 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Cancer survivors
- Record-linkage
- Routine datasets
- Health and well-being
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