Authors :
C.I. OJO; A.S. ADEKOYA; O.B IJAYA; O.E MAJEBI
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 7 - July
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6982276
Abstract :
Breast cancer is one of the terminal ailments
which occur mostly in women at any stage after puberty
in every country with increasing rate in later life. The aim
of the study is to assess the age and food preference before
undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Nigeria. The
study was longitudinal which focused on information on
socioeconomic variables in order to obtain the age of the
respondent and food preferences before chemotherapy
treatment (cases and control). The results were analyzed
and presented using descriptive statistics, cases and
control respondents were compared using multivariate
analysis. The results revealed there was no significant
difference in the age of cases and control. The cases group
consumed higher mean of 3 meals per day than the control
group, while higher percentage of cases reported food
preferences before treatment than the control group. But
there was no significant difference in food preferences
between the two groups before treatment (p = 0.50). This
study demonstrates that food preferences may be related
to the underlying diseases. When favorite foods no longer
taste pleasing, patients may decrease food intake
altogether, leading to subsequent weight loss.
Chemotherapy treatment had been used in managing
breast cancer and adequate nutrition is necessary to
minimize nutritional deficiencies before the treatment is
applied.
Breast cancer is one of the terminal ailments
which occur mostly in women at any stage after puberty
in every country with increasing rate in later life. The aim
of the study is to assess the age and food preference before
undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Nigeria. The
study was longitudinal which focused on information on
socioeconomic variables in order to obtain the age of the
respondent and food preferences before chemotherapy
treatment (cases and control). The results were analyzed
and presented using descriptive statistics, cases and
control respondents were compared using multivariate
analysis. The results revealed there was no significant
difference in the age of cases and control. The cases group
consumed higher mean of 3 meals per day than the control
group, while higher percentage of cases reported food
preferences before treatment than the control group. But
there was no significant difference in food preferences
between the two groups before treatment (p = 0.50). This
study demonstrates that food preferences may be related
to the underlying diseases. When favorite foods no longer
taste pleasing, patients may decrease food intake
altogether, leading to subsequent weight loss.
Chemotherapy treatment had been used in managing
breast cancer and adequate nutrition is necessary to
minimize nutritional deficiencies before the treatment is
applied.
