NCT00476580撤回不适用
Health Habits and Cancer Risk Among a US Migrant Sri Lankan Population and a Comparison With Siblings Living in Sri Lanka
适应症
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 试验地点
- 3
- 主要终点
- Determine how acculturation to US has influenced health and cancer risk (prevalence of cancer related non-communicable diseases, distribution of risk factors, early cancer detection method utilization) among Sri Lankan Sinhalese in greater Houston area.
研究概览
简要总结
Objectives:
General objective:
To determine how acculturation to United States has influenced the health and cancer risk among a US migrant Sri Lankan population.
Specific objectives:
- To determine the prevalence of cancer and cancer related non-communicable diseases among Sri Lankan Sinhalese living in the greater Houston area.
- To study the distribution of risk factors for cancer in this population.
- To study the pattern of utilization of methods available for early detection of cancer in this population.
- To study and compare the findings of this survey with that of the siblings of this population living in Sri Lanka.
详细描述
A health survey among Sinhala adults living in Houston comparing the health and health habits between the Sri Lankans living in Houston and their close relatives living in Sri Lanka.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Ecologic Or Community
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Sri Lankan Sinhalese adults (18 years of age or older) living in the greater Houston area but born in Sri Lanka
- •Siblings or the first cousins of the study participants living in Sri Lanka of same sex and of an age plus or minus 10 years
排除标准
- •Sri Lankan Sinhalese born in the US
- •Sri Lankan Sinhalese under 18 years of age
- •Participation in a M. D. Anderson sponsored focus group or survey regarding health within the past 6 months
结局指标
主要结局
Determine how acculturation to US has influenced health and cancer risk (prevalence of cancer related non-communicable diseases, distribution of risk factors, early cancer detection method utilization) among Sri Lankan Sinhalese in greater Houston area.
时间窗: 3 Years
次要结局
- To study and compare the findings of this survey with that of the siblings of this population living in Sri Lanka.(1 Year)
研究者
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