2024
Relationship Between Fatalistic Cancer Beliefs and Risky Health Behaviors
Zaidi M, Sarkar S, Arakelyan S, Poghosyan H. Relationship Between Fatalistic Cancer Beliefs and Risky Health Behaviors. Western Journal Of Nursing Research 2024, 46: 757-765. PMID: 39161288, DOI: 10.1177/01939459241273388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth Information National Trends SurveyFatalistic cancer beliefsRisky health behaviorsHealth behaviorsCancer beliefsNational Trends SurveyHistory of cancerHigher cancer riskTrends SurveyCross-sectional dataNoninstitutionalized adultsCancer riskSelf-efficacyStudy sampleClinical factorsHealthAdultsBeliefsSurveyRiskCancerStudyRelationship
2023
Cannabis use among cancer survivors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2021
Sarkar S, Braun I, Nayak M, Bryan A, Poghosyan H. Cannabis use among cancer survivors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2021. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2023, 7: pkad031. PMID: 37079754, PMCID: PMC10166585, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkad031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer survivorsSubpopulation of cancer survivorsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk Factor Surveillance SystemCannabis usePoor mental healthEvidence-informed discussionsFactors associated with cannabis useCOVID-19 pandemicMental healthAlcohol consumersTobacco smokersSurveillance systemSurvivorsMedical reasonsCOVID-19PrevalenceCannabisCancerUseHealthPandemicSmokersTobacco
2021
Association between daily and non-daily cannabis use and depression among United States adult cancer survivors
Poghosyan H, Noonan E, Badri P, Braun I, Young G. Association between daily and non-daily cannabis use and depression among United States adult cancer survivors. Nursing Outlook 2021, 69: 672-685. PMID: 33581859, DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.01.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer survivorsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveyIncreased odds of depressionAdult cancer survivorsOdds of depressionCannabis useWeighted descriptive statisticsEvidence-informed discussionsSelf-reported depressionNationally representative sampleMultivariate logistic regressionPopulation-basedSystem surveyIncreased oddsDescriptive statisticsRepresentative sampleOpen communicationLogistic regressionIncreased riskNone-usersSurvivorsDepressionPrevalenceCancerAssociation