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ArticleBMC women's health2018

Dietary pattern and health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors.

Na-Hui Kim, Sihan Song, So-Youn Jung, Eunsook Lee, Zisun Kim, Hyeong-Gon Moon, Dong-Young Noh, Jung Eun Lee

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Article in BMC women's health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Na-Hui KimDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Cheongpa-ro 47-gil 100, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, 04310, Korea.
Sihan SongDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Korea.
So-Youn JungCenter for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, Korea.
Eunsook LeeCenter for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, Korea.
Zisun KimDepartment of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, 1174 Joong-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, 14584, Korea.
Hyeong-Gon MoonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehakro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Korea.
Dong-Young NohDepartment of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehakro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Korea.
Jung Eun LeeDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Korea. jungelee@snu.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0003-1141-878X

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Abstract

backgroundThere is limited evidence for the association between dietary pattern and quality of life among breast cancer survivors. We examined the association between dietary patterns and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Korean breast cancer survivors.

methodsOur study included a total of 232 women, aged 21 to 79 years, who had been diagnosed with stage I to III breast cancer and who underwent breast cancer surgery at least 6 months prior to our baseline evaluation. We assessed HRQoL using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and the Quality of Life Questionnaire Breast Cancer Module 23 (QLQ-BR23). We conducted a factor analysis to identify the major dietary patterns and used a generalized linear model to obtain the least squares mean (LS mean) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for HRQoL according to the dietary pattern scores.

resultsWe identified 2 major dietary patterns: the Healthy dietary pattern and the Western dietary pattern. We found that breast cancer survivors who had higher Healthy dietary pattern scores tended to have lower dyspnea scores but higher insomnia scores, compared to breast cancer survivors with lower Healthy dietary pattern scores. For dyspnea, the LS mean (95% CI) was 8.86 (5.05-15.52) in the bottom quartile and 2.87 (1.62-5.08) in the top quartile (p for trend = 0.005). This association was limited to survivors with stage I for dyspnea or survivors with stage II or III for insomnia.

conclusionsHealthy dietary patterns were associated with better scores for dyspnea but worse scores for insomnia among breast cancer survivors. Other components of EORTC QLQ did not vary by dietary patterns overall, but they warrant further investigation for subgroups of breast cancer survivors.

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Breast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsDiet, HealthyDiet, WesternQuality of LifeAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDyspneaFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultBreast cancerBreast cancer survivorsDietary patternsHealth-related quality of life

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