Eman Fouad Ataia Abdelhameed <br/><br/>
Influence of nutritional counseling on nutritional status and quality of life in breast cancer patients :   Interventional study /  
 تأثير المشوره التغذوية على الحالة التغذوية و كفاءة الحياه فى مرضى سرطان الثدى :   دراسة تداخلية 
Eman Fouad Ataia Abdelhameed ; Supervised Maissa Mohamed Showky , Sahar Yassin Ibrahim , Mona Ahmed AbouElenein 
 - Cairo :   Eman Fouad Ataia Abdelhameed ,   2016 
 - 206 P. :   facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Community Medicine 
<br/><br/> Background: Breast cancer patients suffer from many nutritional problems due to their health condition and treatment side effects so they are in great need for nutrition counseling. Objectives: Evaluate the effect of nutritional counseling on nutritional status and quality of life of study individuals. Materials and Method: In an interventional study 150 patients with breast cancer assigned to interventional group and control group. The interventional group received 4 nutrition counseling sessions. Both groups were assessed at recruitment, after 2 and 3 months. Assessment parameters were anthropometric measurements, FFQ and EROTC QOL questionnaires  Results: In intervention group fruit, vegetables, milk, fish intake and quality of life were significantly increased (P0.05) while BMI, fats and sugars intake were significantly decreased (P0.05).These changes were not observed in the control group. Conclusions: The results showed that nutrition counseling is an effective method in improving nutritional status and quality of life of breast cancer patients 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Breast cancer Nutritional counseling Nutritional status