Liječnički vjesnik, Vol. 141 No. 9-10, 2019.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-141-9-10-34
Point prevalence of significant nutritional risk among cancer patients in Croatia – research study of the Section of young oncologists, Croatian society for medical oncology of Croatian medical association
Ana Tečić Vuger
; Klinika za tumore, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb
Iva Nikles
; Klinika za tumore, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb
Nikolina Lonjak
; Klinika za tumore, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb
Marija Miletić
; Klinika za onkologiju i nuklearnu medicinu, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb
Josip Kuharić
; Klinika za ženske bolesti i porode, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, KBC Zagreb
Zdravka Rakuljić
; Klinika za onkologiju i radioterapiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, KBC Split
Ana Koši Kunac
; Klinika za onkologiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, KBC Zagreb
Irena Tomljanović
; Klinika za radioterapiju i onkologiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, KBC Rijeka
Sara Šošić Horvat
; Služba internističkih djelatnosti, ŽB Čakovec
Dina Muratović
; Služba za interne bolesti, OB Varaždin
Ana Marčić
; Služba za internu medicinu, OB Karlovac
Ljubica Radmilović Varga
; Služba za plućne bolesti i TBC Klenovnik, OB Varaždin
Sanja Maloševac
; Služba za interne bolesti, OB „Dr. Ivo Pedišić“, Sisak
Josipa Ivezić
; Služba internističkih djelatnosti, OB Bjelovar
Mirjana Pavlović
; Klinika za tumore, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb
Žarko Bajić
; Psihijatrijska bolnica „Sveti Ivan“, Zagreb
Robert Šeparović
; Klinika za tumore, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb
Damir Vrbanec
; Klinika za onkologiju, KBC Zagreb
Abstract
Objective of the Study: To determine the point prevalence of significant nutritional risk among cancer patients in Croatia. Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional study was nested in the prospective cohort study of
the Section of Young Oncologists of the Croatian Society for Medical Oncology, Croatian Medical Association, conducted in Croatia during 2017 on the consecutive sample of cancer patients selected by the order of their arrival to the exam.Nutritional screening was performed using the NRS-2002, According to NRS-2002, the patient is considered to be at significant nutritional risk if the result is ≥3. Results: We included 275 patients treated at eleven cancer centers in Croatia. In 60 patients (21.8%, 95% CI 17.1% -27.2%) we identified the significant
nutritional risk (NRS-2002 ≥3) what indicates the need for the nutritional intervention. Any change during 30 days prior to screening, such as loss of body weight or reduced intake of food, was expressed by 127 (46.2%) participants. Conclusion: Our study has confirmed that a significant number of cancer patients in Croatia are in some degree at nutritional risk, and that more than one quarter need nutritional intervention. Nutritional screen poing is the first step in the long-term control of complications associated with altered food intake and nutritional risk, as well as in improving the overall quality of life of cancer patients and the prognosis of disease outcomes, so
regarding the presented results, it should be routinely implemented.
Keywords
NEOPLASMS – complications; MALNUTRITION – diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT – methods, statistics and numerical data; CROSS SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROATIA – epidemiology
Hrčak ID:
229508
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Publication date:
12.12.2019.
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