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Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

BACKGROUND: Cancer therapy in Malaysia primarily focuses on the clinical management of patients with cancer and malnutrition continues to be one of the major causes of death in these patients. There is a dearth of information on the nutrient intake and status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer...

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Autores principales: Menon, Kavitha, Razak, Shariza Abdul, Ismail, Karami A, Krishna, Bhavaraju Venkata Murali
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4194370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25270226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-680
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author Menon, Kavitha
Razak, Shariza Abdul
Ismail, Karami A
Krishna, Bhavaraju Venkata Murali
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Razak, Shariza Abdul
Ismail, Karami A
Krishna, Bhavaraju Venkata Murali
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description BACKGROUND: Cancer therapy in Malaysia primarily focuses on the clinical management of patients with cancer and malnutrition continues to be one of the major causes of death in these patients. There is a dearth of information on the nutrient intake and status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer prior to the initiation of treatment. The present study aims to assess the nutrient intake and status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenient sample of newly diagnosed adult patients with cancer (n = 70) attending the Oncology clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, clinical status, anthropometry, dietary intake and biochemical data including blood samples was obtained. RESULTS: The mean (SD) age, triceps skin fold (TSF), mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and body mass index (BMI) of participants was 21.1(3.9) years, 17.6(7.9) mm, 24.1(5.5) cm, and 21.1(3.9) Kg/m(2), respectively; 39% participants had BMI <18.5 Kg/m(2). One-third of newly diagnosed patients with cancer were undernourished (i.e. women: MUAC <220 mm; men: <230 mm). The proportion (%) of participants with low haemoglobin (<120 g/L) and serum albumin (<38 g/dL) were 62% and 26%, respectively. The older women had significantly lower macro and micro nutrient intakes compared to men in the same age group (P <0.05). CONCLUSIONS: At the time of diagnosis, greater than one-third of patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia were underweight and undernourished. The majority of patients with cancer had poor micronutrient intakes; the older women had a poor macro and micronutrient intakes. Before the initiation of rigorous clinical management of patients with cancer, screening for nutritional status, subsequent nutrition counseling, and interventions are essential to improve their nutritional status; consequently, response to cancer therapy, survival and quality of life.
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spelling pubmed-41943702014-10-14 Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia Menon, Kavitha Razak, Shariza Abdul Ismail, Karami A Krishna, Bhavaraju Venkata Murali BMC Res Notes Research Article BACKGROUND: Cancer therapy in Malaysia primarily focuses on the clinical management of patients with cancer and malnutrition continues to be one of the major causes of death in these patients. There is a dearth of information on the nutrient intake and status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer prior to the initiation of treatment. The present study aims to assess the nutrient intake and status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenient sample of newly diagnosed adult patients with cancer (n = 70) attending the Oncology clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, clinical status, anthropometry, dietary intake and biochemical data including blood samples was obtained. RESULTS: The mean (SD) age, triceps skin fold (TSF), mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and body mass index (BMI) of participants was 21.1(3.9) years, 17.6(7.9) mm, 24.1(5.5) cm, and 21.1(3.9) Kg/m(2), respectively; 39% participants had BMI <18.5 Kg/m(2). One-third of newly diagnosed patients with cancer were undernourished (i.e. women: MUAC <220 mm; men: <230 mm). The proportion (%) of participants with low haemoglobin (<120 g/L) and serum albumin (<38 g/dL) were 62% and 26%, respectively. The older women had significantly lower macro and micro nutrient intakes compared to men in the same age group (P <0.05). CONCLUSIONS: At the time of diagnosis, greater than one-third of patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia were underweight and undernourished. The majority of patients with cancer had poor micronutrient intakes; the older women had a poor macro and micronutrient intakes. Before the initiation of rigorous clinical management of patients with cancer, screening for nutritional status, subsequent nutrition counseling, and interventions are essential to improve their nutritional status; consequently, response to cancer therapy, survival and quality of life. BioMed Central 2014-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4194370/ /pubmed/25270226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-680 Text en © Menon et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Menon, Kavitha
Razak, Shariza Abdul
Ismail, Karami A
Krishna, Bhavaraju Venkata Murali
Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort nutrient intake and nutritional status of newly diagnosed patients with cancer from the east coast of peninsular malaysia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4194370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25270226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-680
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