ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Breast Cancer (BC) is one of the leading causes of death among women around the world. Integrative oncology, together with conventional medical treatment, has proven to be an important support for the control of cancer symptoms, improvement of quality of life, and contribution to the overall patient health, providing an integrated patient care both physically and emotionally. METHODS: 75 stage II-III breast cancer survivors were randomized (according to age, tumor stage and receptor status) into 2 groups: intervention and control. Within the intervention group (IG) a diet, exercise and mindfulness intervention was performed, while the control group (CG) did not receive any sort of treatment, during 6 months. Passed (at the beginning and end of the research) questionnaires concerning general health, quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30 and BR23), and diet (Mediterranean diet adherence test and 24-h-recall) and a blood and urine sample was collected to analyze general biochemical variables. RESULTS:
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
67
a group of dietary intervention, physical exercise and mindfulness and another control group, and a longitudinal follow-up was carried out for 6 months from the beginning of the intervention.
Quality of life test (EORTC QOL-C30)
It includes 30 items that are grouped into five scales functional (physical, social, emotional functioning, cognitive and role), three scales of symptoms (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), a global scale of health / quality of life and a number of related individual items with the symptoms of the disease and its treatment, as well as an item of economic impact. The answers to the items on the scales refer to "last week," except the patient's physical functioning scale whose time frame is the present. These answers they obey a Likert format, which ranges from 1 ("Not at all") and 4 ("A lot")
Time frame: 6 months
Mediterranean diet adherence test
Adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet was assessed by a 14-point Mediterranean-diet scale that incorporated the salient characteristics of this diet (range of scores, 0 to 1, with higher scores indicating greater adherence)
Time frame: 6 months
Levels of glucose
Levels of glucose mg/dl
Time frame: 6 months
Levels of triglycerides
Levels of triglycerides mg/dl
Time frame: 6 months
Levels of cholesterol
Levels of cholesterol mg/dl
Time frame: 6 months
24 hours recall
Retrospective and quantitative recording method of food and beverage consumption. It consists of remembering all the foods and drinks that were taken the day before.
Time frame: 6 months
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