Survey: Oncobarómetro (Spain)

Primary purpose: To gather comprehensive information on various aspects of health, including subjective health assessments, lifestyle, health advice, disease expectations, research priorities, cancer awareness, healthcare preferences, and personal demographics in Spain.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Foundation of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).

Type of information: Subjective assessment of health status in the last twelve months; Type of healthy life; Health advice on various issues; Frequency in following health advice; Expectation of cure for a series of diseases; Areas of health research in which to make greater efforts in the future; Degree of severity of different health problems in Spain; Illness or situation that causes you the most fear; Reasons why an illness or situation makes you more afraid; Types of cancer you have heard of; Degree of risk of suffering from any type of cancer; Reasons why there is a risk of suffering from cancer or not; Scale of influence of some aspects for a person to develop cancer; Awareness of symptoms that would make you think about the possibility of having cancer; Recommendations received from health professionals to prevent cancer; Information received in the last six months related to cancer and aspects it dealt with; Effect on the person interviewed of the information received in the last 6 months related to cancer; Opinion on equality in people's chances of having cancer; Knowledge of any test to detect cancer; Difficulty in a series of aspects of people who are known to have cancer; Image that the person interviewed has of people with cancer; Level of cancer treatments in Spain compared to the United States; Differences in treatments in public health according to certain aspects; Preference of the place of treatment in case of having cancer and reason why a place outside the province of residence is preferred; Type of health service that you would prefer for the treatment of possible cancer; Illnesses suffered throughout the life of the person interviewed; Type of cancer; Time elapsed since cancer diagnosis, place of treatment and type of health service; Assessment of the care and treatment received for cancer; Type of help received complementary to health treatment; Discrimination suffered in different areas due to suffering from cancer; Possession of someone you know who died as a result of cancer; Place of cancer treatment of the deceased person and type of health service; Assessment of health care received by the person who died from cancer; Possession of a known person who currently suffers from cancer or has overcome it; Place of treatment of the known person who currently suffers from cancer or who has already overcome it and type of health service; Assessment of health care received or received by the known person who currently suffers from cancer or who has already overcome it; I remember some association that works in the fight against cancer; Form in which it refers to the Spanish Association Against Cancer; Frequency of contact and name of the association that works in the fight against cancer with which contact has been maintained; Reason for going to the association and means by which the association became known; Reasons why different tests or medical checkups were performed in the last two years; Degree of discomfort during the interview; Possession of children; Possession of children under 18 years of age; Current living situation of the interviewee and gender of the current partner; Marital status of the interviewee; Ideological self-placement scale; Religiosity of the interviewee; Frequency of attendance at religious services; Nationality of the interviewee; Place of birth (country) and length of residence in Spain; Place where you do your usual work most of the day. Questionnaire information [1]. More information [2].

Data level: Respondent level.

Available data level: National level.

Number of Records: 7.938 interviews.

Date Range: 2010.

Cancer Areas of Interest: All.

Data access: Publicly available [3].

Contact information: Information [4].