Results of the Italian cross-sectional web-based survey "Nutrition and breast cancer, what would you like to know?" An attempt to collect and respond to patients' information needs, through social media.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several studies have demonstrated that, following a breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, patients are eager to obtain information on cancer and nutrition, in order to ameliorate both their quality of life (QoL) and disease outcome. To avoid BC survivors to get wrong information from unreliable sources, healthcare providers need to be aware of patients' needs, to guide them toward optimal nutrition recommendations, aimed at preventing tumor recurrence and increasing survival rates.

Material and methods

The cross-sectional web-based survey "Nutrition and breast cancer, what would you like to know?" has been conceived and conducted, in Italy, between the 2nd and the 25th of June 2023. The link to the 19-items questionnaire, structured in 6 sections, was distributed via

SUBMITTER: Caprara G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461502 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature