Young Adults with Cancer (YAC) in their PRIME
A National Survey of Health and Well-being of Young Adults with Cancer in Canada
In collaboration with Dr. Sheila Garland, YACC, a not-for-profit organization, surveyed 622 diagnosed young adults across Canada to explore the physical, social, financial, and emotional challenges they face as compared to their peers without cancer.
Study Findings
Click below to read the publications from the YACPRIME study:
1. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Fear of Recurrence in a Mixed Sample of Young Adults with Cancer
2. Body Image Concerns of Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Brief Report
3. Fertility Preservation in Young Adults: Prevalence, Correlates, and Relationship with Post-Traumatic Growth
4. Quality of Life Among Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer in Canada: A Young Adults With Cancer in Their Prime (YACPRIME) Study
5. Prevalence and Factors Associated with High Levels of Distress in Young Adult Cancer Survivors Compared to Matched Peers
6. The Financial Impact of Cancer on Canadian Young Adults
7. Describing and Exploring Coping Strategies Among Those Diagnosed with Cancer as an Adolescent or Young Adult: A YACPRIME Study
8. Rural-Urban Disparities in Distress, Quality of Life, and Social Support Among Canadian Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Young Adults with Cancer in Their Prime (YACPRIME) Study
9. Understanding Sleep Quality in National Cohort of Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Results from the YACPRIME Study
10. An Investigation of Social Attainment Status among Adolescent and Young Adults Who Have Been Diagnosed with Cancer in Canada
Published Abstracts
SLEEP 2019 - 0823 Understanding Insomnia In National Cohort Of Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Results From The Yacprime Study
IPOS 2019 - S1 | Understanding How Cancer is Different for Young Adults using the YACPRIME Study
IPOS 2019 - S20-765 | The YACPRIME Experience: Creating and Sustaining an Effective Collaborative Patient-oriented Research Partnership
IPOS 2019 - 474 | Social support and body image among young adult cancer survivors: A YACPRIME Study
IPOS 2019 - 469 | Fertility Preservation and Post-Traumatic Growth: A YACPRIME Study
IPOS 2019 - 468 | Exploring body image and psychological distress within the posttraumatic growth model among young adult cancer survivors: A YACPRIME study
IPOS 2019 - 465 | Connectedness to the Young Adult Cancer Community and Post Traumatic Growth: A YACPRIME Study
SLEEP 2020 - 1041 Sleep Quality Mediates The Relationship Between Fear Of Cancer Recurrence And Psychological Distress In Young Adults With Cancer
CAPO 2020 - 80 | Connectedness and Post-Traumatic Growth in Online Versus In-Person Peer Support Groups: A YACPRIME study
CAPO 2020 - 31 | Associations Between Income and Psychological and Physical Health among Young Adults with Cancer: A YACPRIME Study
CAPO 2020 - 92 | Coping Patterns and Post-Traumatic Growth in Young Adults with Cancer: A YACPRIME Study
CAPO 2020 - 103 | Perceived Social Support in Young Adults with Cance Compared to Matched Peers
CAPO 2020 - 104 | Feelings of Loneliness and Perceived Social Support in Young Adults with Cancer
CAPO 2021 - 48 Rural-Urban Disparities in Psychosocial and Financial Well-Being among Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A YACPRIME Study
IPOS 2022 - 223 | Is There a "Right" Way to Cope with Cancer? Exploring Scoring Approaches to Assessing Coping among Young Adults Affected by Cancer
IPOS 2022 - 260 | Understanding the Experience of Cancer in Canadian Young Adults: A Review of the YACPRIME Study
IPOS 2022 - 399 | Examination of Social Attainment Outcomes Among Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed with Cancer Compared to the Canadian Population: A YACPRIME Study
IPOS 2022 - 509 | Understanding Sleep Health in Young Adults with Cancer: Results from the YACPRIME Study
IPOS 2022 - 528 | Increasing Sociocultural Representation in Research on Adolescent and Young Adults with Cancer
IPOS 2022 - 398 | Exploring the Relationships Between Distress and Social Support in Rural and Urban Young Adults in the YACPRIME Study
Investigators
Primary Investigator:
Sheila N. Garland, PhD
(Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Division of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine)
Co-Investigators:
Geoff Eaton and Karine Chalifour, Young Adult Cancer Canada
Breanna Lane, PsyD Student, Memorial University
Ken Fowler, PhD, Memorial University
Funding provided by:
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