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- Title
AVALIAÇÃO NUTRICIONAL DE PACIENTES COM CÂNCER EM ATENDIMENTO AMBULATORIAL.
- Authors
Meneghetti Dallacosta, Fabiana; Aparecida Carneiro, Tainara; Ferreira Velho, Suzimara; Rossoni, Carina; Baptistella, Antuani Rafael
- Abstract
The objective was to analyze the nutritional aspect of cancer patients in outpatient care in Joaçaba-SC. Cross-sectional study using global subjective assessment by the patient and the food consumption questionnaire of the Brazilian Health Department. Seventy patients participated with a mean age of 60.3±13.9 years, 38 (54.3%) men, 57 (81.4%) without nutritional monitoring, 48 (68.6%) with a regular diet, 16 (22.9%) appropriate diet and (8.6%) good diet. Smoking was associated with lung and oropharyngeal cancer and meat consumption with bowel cancer. The weight reduction was high, as 36 (52.2%) lost more than 5% of their body weight. Well-nourished people lost less weight when compared to malnourished individuals, accepted the diet better and had less food complaints. In total, 58 individuals (83%) were malnourished, all of them in the advanced stage of the disease. The prevalence of malnourishment was high in this study. Effective monitoring strategies need to be implemented with a multiprofessional team to improve the nutritional treatment in this population.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MALNUTRITION risk factors; CANCER patients; NUTRITIONAL assessment; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 4, p150
- ISSN
1414-8536
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5380/ce.v22i4.51503