The effects of treatment on nutrition in children with cancer
| Autor: | Çakır, Fatma Betül, Vural, Melikenur, Tanrıverdi, Müberra |
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| Přispěvatelé: | ÇAKIR, FATMA BETÜL |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 37, Issue: 3 61-65 Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1309-4483 1309-5129 |
| Popis: | Chemotherapy affects the diet and feeding habits of children with cancer. They experience side effects such as vomiting, diarrhea and constipation. Feeding disorders occur during treatment period of chronic illnesses such as during the chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to determine their feeding habits of the children with cancer. We applied a questionnaire concerning the feeding habits of 21 patients with cancer who received chemotherapy. The questionnaire included where, how, how often and how much children were fed. Nine (42.9%) female patients and 12 (57.1%) male patients participated in the survey. Six (28.6%) lymphomas, 5 (23.8%) sarcomas, 3 (14.3%) kidney tumors, 3 (14.3%) neuroblastomas, 2 (9.5%) brain tumors, 1 (4.8%) acute leukemia and 1 (4.8%) bone tumor were diagnosed. There was a positive statistically significant relationship between regular vegetable consumption and the measurement of body mass indexes (r=-0.601; p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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