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"Individuals at high risk for pancreatic cancer are recommended surveillance and healthy lifestyle behaviours and patient experience with recommendations are understudied  To describe engagement and experience with surveillance  tobacco and alcohol use  health beliefs and motivation  Champion Health Belief Measure  and the relationship with personal  psychosocial  Impact of Event Scale   and familial characteristics  Interest in integrative therapies  complementary therapies  are described  A multi-site cross-sectional survey including individuals at high risk for pancreatic cancer with no diagnosis of pancreatic cancer who have been evaluated at a comprehensive cancer center  Descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon rank sum test and Fisher   s exact test were used to assess univariate associations  Of the 132 respondents  72  response rate   92  70   reported undergoing surveillance which was associated with older age  p   0 001   Of which  36  and 51  report that magnetic resonance imaging  MRI  or endoscopic ultrasound  EUS   respectively  were uncomfortable  22  and 30  dread the next MRI or EUS  respectively  Of those who reported alcohol consumption  n   88   15  consumed 1 or more drinks daily and no alcohol consumption was associated with higher Impact of Event scale scores  p   0 024   A total of six participants were currently smoking every day or some days  Participants reported high motivation to engage in heathy behaviours and 92  were interested in integrative therapies  In these select participants  most were engaging in pancreatic cancer surveillance  alcohol intake was moderate  and tobacco intake was minimal  Modifiable factors  such as experience and comfort with surveillance could be addressed  The sample is motivated to engage in behavioural health intervention "
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