The information and practices of the cancerous patients about nutrition

Authors

  • Selma Kahraman University

Keywords:

Cancer, Nutrition, Information, Practice, Nursing

Abstract

The aims of this research are to determine knowledge level of nutrition of cancerous patients, to find out nutrients which is taken by patients after suffer from a cancer.  The study was carried out as descriptive cross-sectional. The sample of study includes 150 cancer diagnosed   patients.  It  was  determined  that   the  majority  of  the  patients (81.4%) – mostly  females -  participating  in the  study  was older   than  35 years  old. It  was  identified  that the  majority of cancerous disease   had  breast  cancer  and lung  cancer (65.4%)  and  that the  majority  of   patients had  new diagnosis and cancer  diagnosis  a  month  ago   (64.7%).   The fact that  the  amount  of   fruits  that  are   necessary   to   be consumed   every  day  remains  in 45.3%  and   that  the daily  consumption  rate  of   vegetable remains  in 14 s%  also demonstrated  that   nutrition  was  inadequate; that   fish was   not   eaten.

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Author Biography

Selma Kahraman, University

Assist. Prof. Dr., Harran University School Of Health. Public Health

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Published

2016-02-23

How to Cite

Kahraman, S. (2016). The information and practices of the cancerous patients about nutrition. Journal of Human Sciences, 13(1), 1017–1022. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/3304

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Nursing and Midwifery