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. 2024 Feb 22;13:e50392. doi: 10.2196/50392

Table 1.

Primary and secondary cancer risk behavior outcome measures.

Cancer risk behavior Measure Metric
Physical activity
  • Primary and secondary: Global Physical Activity Questionnaire [146]

  • Minutes per week of MVPAa (primary)

  • Meet 150 minutes per week goal (secondary)

Diet
  • Primary: Dietary Screener Questionnaire [147,148]

  • Secondary: other meal behaviors [149-152]

  • Intake per day of fruits, vegetables, whole grains or fiber, added sugars (from sugar-sweetened beverages), and red or processed meats

  • Frequency of eating meals and snacks, fast food, and skipping meals

Nicotine product use
  • Primary: 30-day prolonged tobacco or nicotine product abstinence [153]

  • Secondary: 7-day point prevalence of smoking [153]

  • Secondary: readiness to quit [154]

  • Use in the past 30 days (every day, some days, and not at all)

  • Use in the past 7 days (every day, some days, and not at all)

  • 10-point rating (1=no thought of quitting and 10=taking action to quit)

Alcohol intake
  • Primary: consumption of alcoholic drinks [155]

  • Secondary: binge drinking (male individuals: 5 drinks per sitting and female individuals: 3 drinks per sitting)

  • Number of days in the past 30 days; number of drinks per occasion

  • Number of times in the past 30 days

UV exposure
  • Primary: sunburn prevalence [156]

  • Secondary: sun protection behavior [157]

  • Number of sunburns

  • Percentage of sun exposure days using sun protection

HPVb vaccination
  • Primary: any dose of HPV vaccine [158]

  • Secondary: completion of vaccine series

  • Received 1 or more doses

  • Received 2 or 3 doses as recommended for age

aMVPA: moderate to vigorous physical activity.

bHPV: human papillomavirus.