Ginger aromatherapy for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy : nutritional implications

Ginger aromatherapy for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy : nutritional implications

The burden that chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) places on cancer patients is undoubtedly substantial and its inadequate control can lead to nutritional deficiencies and pose negative impacts on patient'sHRQoL. These specific issues were explored during the first three studies. F...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noor Salihah Zakaria (Author)
Corporate Author: Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin . Faculty of Health Sciences
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin > Dissertations
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin > Faculty of Health Sciences > Dissertations
Aromatherapy
Breast > Cancer > Chemotherapy
Ginger > Therapeutic use
Dissertations, Academic
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Literature review
  • 3. Preliminary study on cinv, nutritional status and hrqol of chemotherapy breast cancer patients
  • 4. Weight changes during chemotherapy and prognostic out come in breast cancer patients
  • 5. CINV: exploring patient's subjective
  • 6. Effects of inhaled ginger aromatherapy on cinv in breast cancer patients
  • 7. Discussion and conclusion

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