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- Title
Malnutrition in patients treated for oral or oropharyngeal cancer--prevalence and relationship with oral symptoms: an explorative study.
- Authors
Jager-Wittenaar H; Dijkstra PU; Vissink A; van Oort RP; van der Laan BF; Roodenburg JL; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët; Dijkstra, Pieter U; Vissink, Arjan; van Oort, Rob P; van der Laan, Bernard F A M; Roodenburg, Jan L N
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>This study aimed to assess prevalence of malnutrition after treatment for oral/oropharyngeal cancer and to explore how oral symptoms relate to malnutrition after treatment.<bold>Methods: </bold>In this cross-sectional study, malnutrition (weight loss ≥ 10% in 6 months or ≥ 5% in 1 month), oral symptoms (EORTC QLQ-H&N35 questionnaire and additional questions to assess chewing problems), dental status, trismus and dietary intake were assessed in 116 adult patients treated for oral/oropharyngeal cancer.<bold>Results: </bold>Prevalence of malnutrition was 16% (95%CI: 10% to 23%). Prevalence of malnutrition in the period 0-3 months after treatment was significantly higher (25%) than in the periods >3-12 months (13%) and >12-36 months after treatment (3%, p = 0.008). Logistic multivariate regression analysis revealed that swallowing problems (p = 0.021) and insufficient protein intake were significantly related to malnutrition (p = 0.016).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>In conclusion, malnutrition is a considerable problem in patients treated for oral/oropharyngeal cancer, shortly after treatment. Of all oral symptoms, only swallowing problems were significantly related to malnutrition in the period after treatment for oral/oropharyngeal cancer.
- Publication
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2011, Vol 19, Issue 10, p1675
- ISSN
0941-4355
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00520-010-1001-z