Abstract: Cancer, a high-risk cause of death disease becomes more popular these days. The American Cancer Society (ACS) stated that one of the leading types of new cancer cases is breast cancer. It starts from transformed cells that are getting bigger and wilder which finally spread out through the tissues and organs of the body. Based on the medical record from Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, there were 68 breast cancer patients hospitalized during 2015. This surely brings a great concern. Every woman is vulnerable to breast cancer and the global death rate of it is up to 88%. So, the aim of this research is to find out the characteristics of breast cancer patients who entered in Sanglah Hospital in between 2014-2016 and see the description of their nutritional status as determined by their body mass index and fat composition value. This research is an observational research with cross sectional study. To know the body mass index and fat composition value of the breast cancer patients at Sanglah Hospital during 2014-2016, the data of from the Medical Record Department of Sanglah Hospital are collected. The result of the data gaining is analyzed using SPSS program and presented in a descriptive form. Based on the collected data, from 75 breast cancer patients who entered and have been hospitalized in Sanglah Hospital during 2014-2016, 81.4% of them are at the age of 41-60, 40% come from Denpasar, 76% are with light and moderate workloads, and 74.7% are suffering from breast cancer stage III and IV. While the distribution of the patients’ nutritional status shows that: 10.7% is underweight, 38.7% is normal, and 50.7% is overweight or obese.
Keywords: nutrition status, body mass index, fat composition, obese.
Title: BODY MASS INDEX AND FAT COMPOSITION AMONG BREAST CANCER (CARCINOMA MAMMAE) PATIENTS AT SANGLAH HOSPITAL IN BETWEEN 2014-2016
Author: Ayu Hapsari, Gde Ngurah Indraguna Pinatih
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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