Jon Lewis, Jeff Peacock, Paul M Miller
Physician Assistant Program Accreditation Analysis and Survey of Program Directors
The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association
cardiotoxicity anticancer therapy affects heart function structure cardiotoxicity also lead accelerated development chronic diseases especially presence risk factors study aimed develop pilot combined cardiovascular disease cardiotoxicity risk assessment questionnaire quantify potential extent risk factors breast cancer patients prior treatment questionnaire underwent content face validity evaluation expert panel followed pilot testing sample breast cancer patients n 36 questionnaires selfadministered attending chemotherapy clinic presence research assistant mean age participants 548 years range 3672 years participants reported cvd risk factors including diabetes 28 hypertension 198 hypercholesterolaemia 11 sleep apnoea 5 lifestyle risk factors included eating recommended serves vegetables 100 fruit 78 per day smoking 13 regularly consuming alcohol 75 twenty five percent reported physically inactive 61 overweight obese 24 little social support 30 recorded high high psychological distress participants highly 75 reluctant undertake lifestyle changes ie changing alcohol consumption dietary habits good emotionalmental health strategies improving physical activity quitting smoking learning hearthealth weight loss study important step towards prevention management treatmentassociated cardiotoxicity breast cancer diagnosis recommend questionnaire providing important data included cancer registries researchers establish relationship cvd risk profile cardiotoxicity outcomes study revealed important teaching opportunities could used examine impact health literacy help patients better understand consequences cancer treatment