Relationship between nutritional status and quality of life in patients with cancer

Nourissat, Alice; Vasson, Marie‐Paule; Merrouche, Yacine; Bouteloup, Corinne; Goutte, Marion; Mille, Dominique; Jacquin, J-P; Collard, Olivier; Michaud, Patrick A.; Chauvin, Franck

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2008.04.006

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“…The relationship between nutritional status and quality of life in patients with cancer has been indicated (Nourissat et al, 2008). The contribution of obesity to risk of breast cancer recurrence has been revealed in several studies (McTiernan, 2005;Toles et al, 2008;Ewertz et al, 2011).…”

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Association of Nutritional Status with Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

Mohammadi¹,

Sulaiman²,

Koon³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Nutritional status and dietary intake play a significant role in the prognosis of breast cancer and may modify the progression of disease. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of nutritional status on the quality of life of Iranian breast cancer survivors. Cross-sectional data were collected for 100 Iranian breast cancer survivors, aged 32 to 61 years, attending the oncology outpatient clinic at Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran. Nutritional status of subjects was assessed by anthropometric measurements, Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and three non-consecutive 24-hour diet recalls. The European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life form (EORTC QLQ-C30) was used to assess quality of life. Ninety-four percent of the survivors were well-nourished, 6% were moderately malnourished or suspected of being malnourished while none were severely malnourished. Prevalence of overweight and obesity was 86%. Overall, participants had an inadequate intake of vitamin D, E, iron and magnesium according to dietary reference intake (DRI) recommendations. Survivors with better nutritional status had better functioning scales and experienced fewer clinical symptoms. It appears important to provide educational and nutritional screening programs to improve cancer survivor quality of life.

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Association of Nutritional Status with Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

Mohammadi¹,

Sulaiman²,

Koon³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Furthermore, some authors have shown that poor nutritional status is indicative of worse QOL 19,24 . A recent study has shown that a weight loss in excess of 10% of the body weight is significantly associated with all the main QOL domains and with symptoms such as fatigue, nausea, pain, loss of appetite and changes in bowel habits 25 .…”

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Can nutritional status influence the quality of life of cancer patients?

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Rev. Nutr., Campinas, 23 (5) A B S T R A C T ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the influence of nutritional status on the quality of life of a cohort of cancer patients submitted to chemotherapy. MethodsPatients receiving chemotherapy for the first time in a University Hospital in Pelotas (RS), Brazil, were evaluated prospectively. Their nutritional risk was determined by the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment scores and their quality of life by the World Health Organization's quality of life questionnaire, administered at the beginning and end of the study. ResultsOne hundred and forty-three patients were studied, 76.2% being females. The prevalence of malnutrition at baseline was 14.0%. The present study found that malnourished patients had a poor quality of life. The nutritional risk of 41.6% of the patients increased after chemotherapy. A significant association was found between the presence of symptoms and increased nutritional risk (p<0.001). Additionally, there was a significant negative correlation between physical domain and nutritional risk scores, showing that quality of life increases as nutritional risk decreases.

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“…The prevalence of nutritional risk in hospitalized patients with cancer in our study was higher than that reported in those studies in European and American hospitals by using the same parameters. 3,6,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] It indicates that compared with cancer patients from European and American countries, there is a higher proportion of Chinese cancer patients at nutritional risk and with nutritional deficiencies at admission and during hospitalization. The possible reasons for this difference include: (1) compared with cancer patients in Western countries, the Chinese patients has relatively lower body weight and poor nutritional status at admission, and (2) relatively fewer doctors in Chinese hospitals can identify cancer patients at nutritional risk early in order to plan Nutritional risk, clinical outcome and quality of life in cancer patients K Yu et al the best possible intervention, which make the patients' nutritional status tended to worsen during the hospitalization.…”

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A multicentre study to implement nutritional risk screening and evaluate clinical outcome and quality of life in patients with cancer

Kang

Zhou

2013

Eur J Clin Nutr

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: To implement nutritional risk screening and evaluate the relationship of nutritional risk to complication rate and quality of life in patients with cancer. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A total of 687 patients with cancer from two teaching hospitals in China were consecutively enrolled. Data were collected on the nutritional risk screening, application of nutritional support, complication and quality of life. RESULTS: The prevalence of nutritional risk at admission among the total, younger and elderly patients was 45.6%, 38.7% and 58.0%, respectively. There was a significant increase in the prevalence from admission to 2 weeks after admission in all patients (P ¼ 0.011). The prevalence in those patients X70 years was significantly higher than that in the younger ones (Po0.001). The highest prevalence of nutritional risk was in pancreas cancer (81.8%). Only 46.7% of at-risk patients received nutritional support and the average PN:EN ratio was 7.0:1. Complications were noted in 29.0% of all patients and were significantly more frequent in 'at-risk' patients (Po0.001). Among the scales of quality of life (SF-36), the scores of physical functioning (Po0.001), role-physical (Po0.001), bodily pain (P ¼ 0.012), energy/fatigue (Po0.001) and general health (Po0.001) were significant lower in the patients at risk. CONCLUSIONS: A large proportion of cancer inpatients were at nutritional risk and tended to worsen during the course of admission, which has been associated with increased complication rate and lower scores of quality of life. The application of PN and EN was inappropriate in patients with cancer in China.

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Relationship between nutritional status and quality of life in patients with cancer

Cited by 107 publications

References 17 publications

Association of Nutritional Status with Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

Association of Nutritional Status with Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

Can nutritional status influence the quality of life of cancer patients?

A multicentre study to implement nutritional risk screening and evaluate clinical outcome and quality of life in patients with cancer

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