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- Title
DOENÇAS CRÔNICAS NÃO TRANSMISSÍVEIS EM MULHERES COM CÂNCER DE MAMA.
- Authors
Prado da Cruz, Lóris Aparecida; Savegnago Mialich, Mirele; Ramos da Silva, Bruna; de Oliveira Gozzo, Thais; Jordão, Alceu Afonso; de Almeida, Ana Maria
- Abstract
To identify the occurrence of obesity, high blood pressure, and altered blood glucose levels among women with breast cancer; to evaluate the distribution of these comorbidities in relation to age, time since breast cancer diagnosis, waist circumference, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy. Cross-sectional study with 67 women with breast cancer. An instrument with sociodemographic and clinical variables, anthropometric assessments, and blood collection for fasting glucose was used. Fisher's exact test identified the relationship between qualitative variables and the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests for continuous and categorical measures. Among the participants, 34.3% were pre-obese and 29.9% had parameters of mild to severe obesity, 53.7% were hypertensive and 20.9% were diabetic. An association was found between age and arterial hypertension; waist circumference and arterial hypertension; blood glucose levels and waist circumference; body mass index and waist circumference; age and diabetes mellitus; and age and waist circumference. The assistance that includes systematized actions is recommended, integrating the assessment and care that includes breast cancer and comorbidities.
- Publication
RECIEN: Revista Científica de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 34, p100
- ISSN
2177-157X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24276/rrecien2021.11.34.100-109