ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PATIENT GENERATED SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT AND NUTRISCORE IN AMBULATORY ONCOLOGY PATIENTS
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2019.36725Keywords:
Cancer. Screening. Nutritional Status. Malnutrition.Abstract
Objective: Determine the association between two nutritional screening tools (NUTRISCORE and PG-SGA) for use on oncological outpatients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with male and female cancer patients (adults and elderly) at the Oncology Clinic of Barão de Lucena Hospital in Recife, Brazil. Data were collected on demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, clinical and anthropometric characteristics. Nutritional screening was performed using the patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) and NUTRISCORE. The data were analyzed with the aid of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version 13.0), with a 5% significance level (p<0.05). Results: The sample was composed of 65 patients (mean age: 58.53 ± 12.66 years). Adults and females accounted for 53.8% and 78.5% of the sample, respectively. The most common condition was breast cancer (52.3%), followed by gastrointestinal cancer (23.1%). Using NUTRISCORE and PG-SGA, the nutritional risk was detected in 41.5% and 40% of the patients, respectively. A significant association was found between PG-SGA and NUTRISCORE (p=0.001). Considering the anthropometric variables, patients with higher mean tricipital skinfold values were considered to be not at risk based on NUTRISCORE (p=0.026). Final considerations: NUTRISCORE proved to be an adequate means for the detection of nutritional status in oncological outpatients, as it was significantly associated with the gold standard (PG-SGA) and proved to be easier to apply in clinical practice.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.36725
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