Randomized Study of the Effect of Dietary Counseling During Adjuvant Chemotherapy on Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting,and Quality of Life in Patients With Breast Cancer |
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| Authors: | Safa Najafi Shahpar Haghighat Mahsa Raji Lahiji Elham RazmPoosh Maryam Chamari Reyhaneh Abdollahi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Breast Disease Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;2. Quality of Life Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;3. Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;4. Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran;5. Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran;6. School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran |
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Patients with breast cancer (PsBC) usually face with chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of nutritional counseling on CINV and quality of life (QoL) of PsBC. 150 PsBC were randomly assigned for receiving a personalized diet, which contained 1.2–1.5?g/kg of protein, 30% of energy from fat and 55–60% of energy from carbohydrate, a face to face nutrition education, and a pamphlet which contained beneficial nutrition information to reduce the severity of CINV before each chemotherapy session for three times (n?=?75) or regular care (n?=?75). CINV, QoL, and dietary intake were evaluated after each chemotherapy session. Nausea rating index, overall nausea index, and visual analog scale (P?P?P?
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