Personality and the use of cancer screenings - Results of the German National Cohort - University of Regensburg Publication Server

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-773914
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.77391

Hajek, André ; Becher, Heiko ; Brenner, Hermann ; Holleczek, Bernd ; Katzke, Verena ; Kaaks, Rudolf ; Minnerup, Heike ; Karch, André ; Baurecht, Hansjörg

; Leitzmann, Michael

; Peters, Annette ; Gastell, Sylvia ; Ahrens, Wolfgang ; Haug, Ulrike ; Nimptsch, Katharina ; Pischon, Tobias ; Michels, Karin B. ; Dorrn, Anja ; Klett-Tammen, Carolina J. ; Castell, Stefanie ; Willich, Stefan N. ; Keil, Thomas ; Schipf, Sabine ; Meinke-Franze, Claudia ; Harth, Volker ; Obi, Nadia ; König, Hans-Helmut

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Objective To determine the association between personality characteristics and use of different cancer screenings. Methods We used data from the German National Cohort (NAKO; mean age was 53.0 years (SD: 9.2 years)) – a population-based cohort study. A total of 132,298 individuals were included in the analyses. As outcome measures, we used (self-reported): stool examination for blood ...