Psychosocial factors and cancer incidence (PSY-CA): Protocol for individual participant data meta-analyses
van Tuijl, Lonneke A; Voogd, Adri C; de Graeff, Alexander; Hoogendoorn, Adriaan W; Ranchor, Adelita V; Pan, Kuan-Yu; Basten, Maartje; Lamers, Femke; Geerlings, Mirjam I; Abell, Jessica G; Awadalla, Philip; Bakker, Marije F; Beekman, Aartjan T F; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Boyd, Andy; Cui, Yunsong; Galenkamp, Henrike; Garssen, Bert; Hellingman, Sean; Huisman, Martijn; Huss, Anke; Keats, Melanie R; Kok, Almar A L; Luik, Annemarie I; Noisel, Nolwenn; Onland-Moret, N Charlotte; Payette, Yves; Penninx, Brenda W J H; Portengen, Lützen; Rissanen, Ina; Roest, Annelieke M; Rosmalen, Judith G M; Ruiter, Rikje; Schoevers, Robert A; Soave, David M; Spaan, Mandy; Steptoe, Andrew; Stronks, Karien; Sund, Erik R; Sweeney, Ellen; Teyhan, Alison; Vaartjes, Ilonca; van der Willik, Kimberly D; van Leeuwen, Flora E; van Petersen, Rutger; Verschuren, W M Monique; Visseren, Frank; Vermeulen, Roel; Dekker, Joost
(2021) Brain and Behavior, volume 11, issue 10, pp. 1 - 13
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Psychosocial factors have been hypothesized to increase the risk of cancer. This study aims (1) to test whether psychosocial factors (depression, anxiety, recent loss events, subjective social support, relationship status, general distress, and neuroticism) are associated with the incidence of any cancer (any, breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, smoking-related, and
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alcohol-related); (2) to test the interaction between psychosocial factors and factors related to cancer risk (smoking, alcohol use, weight, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, age, sex, education, hormone replacement therapy, and menopausal status) with regard to the incidence of cancer; and (3) to test the mediating role of health behaviors (smoking, alcohol use, weight, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep) in the relationship between psychosocial factors and the incidence of cancer. METHODS: The psychosocial factors and cancer incidence (PSY-CA) consortium was established involving experts in the field of (psycho-)oncology, methodology, and epidemiology. Using data collected in 18 cohorts (N = 617,355), a preplanned two-stage individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis is proposed. Standardized analyses will be conducted on harmonized datasets for each cohort (stage 1), and meta-analyses will be performed on the risk estimates (stage 2). CONCLUSION: PSY-CA aims to elucidate the relationship between psychosocial factors and cancer risk by addressing several shortcomings of prior meta-analyses.
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Keywords: cancer risk, depression, health behaviors, meta-analysis, psycho-oncology, Behavioral Neuroscience
ISSN: 2157-9032
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Note: Funding Information: The PSY‐CA consortium is supported by funding from the Dutch Cancer Society(VU2017‐8288). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC
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