TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eman Fouad Ataia Abdelhameed
AU  - Maissa Mohamed Showky , 
AU  - Mona Ahmed AbouElenein , 
AU  - Sahar Yassin Ibrahim , 
TI  - Influence of nutritional counseling on nutritional status and quality of life in breast cancer patients : : Interventional study / 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Eman Fouad Ataia Abdelhameed , 
KW  - Breast cancer
KW  - Nutritional counseling
KW  - Nutritional status
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Community Medicine; Issued also as CD
N2  - 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 (P{u02C2}0.05) while BMI, fats and sugars intake were significantly decreased (P{u02C2}0.05).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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