Making a link between childhood physical abuse and cancer: results from a regional representative survey. Export

@article{citeulike:5027259, abstract = {BACKGROUND: Abuse in childhood is associated with many negative adult health outcomes. Only 1 study to date has found an association between childhood abuse and cancer. By using a regionally representative community sample, this preliminary study sought to investigate the association between childhood physical abuse and cancer while controlling for 3 clusters of risk factors: childhood stressors, adult health behaviors, and adult socioeconomic status. METHODS: Regional data from the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan were selected from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. Of the 13,092 respondents, 7.4\% (n = 1025) reported that they had been physically abused as a child by someone close to them, and 5.7\% (95\% confidence interval [CI], 4.9-6.6) reported that they had been diagnosed with cancer by a health professional. The regional level response rate was 84\%. RESULTS: Childhood physical abuse was associated with 49\% higher odds (95\% CI, 1.10-2.01) of cancer when adjusting for age, sex, and race only. The odds ratio decreased only slightly to 47\% higher odds (95\% CI, 1.05-1.99) when the model was adjusted for all 3 clusters of risk factors. CONCLUSIONS: A significant and highly stable association between childhood physical abuse and cancer was found even when adjusting for 3 clusters of risk factors. Further research focusing on the potential mechanisms linking childhood abuse and cancer is needed.}, author = {Fuller-Thomson, Esme and Brennenstuhl, Sarah}, citeulike-article-id = {5027259}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24372}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19472404}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19472404}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1002/cncr.24372}, issn = {0008-543X}, journal = {Cancer}, keywords = {adverse-childhood-experiences, cancer}, month = {July}, number = {14}, pages = {3341--3350}, posted-at = {2009-06-30 22:59:55}, priority = {2}, title = {Making a link between childhood physical abuse and cancer: results from a regional representative survey.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24372}, volume = {115}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5027259 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5027259 N2 - BACKGROUND: Abuse in childhood is associated with many negative adult health outcomes. Only 1 study to date has found an association between childhood abuse and cancer. By using a regionally representative community sample, this preliminary study sought to investigate the association between childhood physical abuse and cancer while controlling for 3 clusters of risk factors: childhood stressors, adult health behaviors, and adult socioeconomic status. METHODS: Regional data from the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan were selected from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. Of the 13,092 respondents, 7.4% (n = 1025) reported that they had been physically abused as a child by someone close to them, and 5.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.9-6.6) reported that they had been diagnosed with cancer by a health professional. The regional level response rate was 84%. RESULTS: Childhood physical abuse was associated with 49% higher odds (95% CI, 1.10-2.01) of cancer when adjusting for age, sex, and race only. The odds ratio decreased only slightly to 47% higher odds (95% CI, 1.05-1.99) when the model was adjusted for all 3 clusters of risk factors. CONCLUSIONS: A significant and highly stable association between childhood physical abuse and cancer was found even when adjusting for 3 clusters of risk factors. Further research focusing on the potential mechanisms linking childhood abuse and cancer is needed. IS - 14 JF - Cancer SN - 0008-543X EP - 3350 TI - Making a link between childhood physical abuse and cancer: results from a regional representative survey. VL - 115 SP - 3341 KW - adverse-childhood-experiences KW - cancer AU - Fuller-Thomson, Esme AU - Brennenstuhl, Sarah PY - 2009/07/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24372 ER -