Study on dietary pattern and physical activity before diagnosis of cancer in cancer patients of a teaching hospital of Jharkhand: A pilot study
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Paediatrics and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide It poses a major threat to public health worldwide and incidence has increased in most countries since 1990 The study aims to find any association between dietary factors and physical activity with the risk of cancerMaterial and Methods The study was conducted at Oncology Surgery Gynecology and Medicine department of RIMS Ranchi The study was conducted from Sept2017 Nov2017 three months It was a casecontrol analytical hospital based study The sampling technique used was simple random sampling A total of 30 cases and 30 controls was studied considering the limitation of time and resources Data recorded in pretested and predesigned Performa after taking their consent Data were compiled and analyzed using proper statistical methodsResults In our study majority of the cases were female mostly were of age group more than 40 yrs Most of them were Hindu nontribal mostly illiterate and selfemployed Most of the cases were nonvegetarian and consumed low amount of cereals and vegetables We found that cancer patients 667 consumed less than 250gms of vegetables per dayphigher amount of alcohol consumptionConclusion It may be concluded from the study that diet pattern and physical activity do have a role in Cancer etiology but needs a larger sample size to establish it Keywords Cancer Dietary pattern Physical activity
Authors and Affiliations
Dewesh Kumar, Santosh Kumar Soren, Erum Yasmin, Vivek Kashyap, Rishabh Singh
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