Nutrition and Food Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Program of Therapeutic Nutrition, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine.
East Mediterr Health J. 2021 May 27;27(5):459-466. doi: 10.26719/2021.27.5.459.
Malnutrition is significantly associated with poor clinical outcomes and reduced quality of life among cancer patients. Although the number of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy has increased in Palestine, there has been limited research on the relationship between malnutrition and quality of life.
To determine the relationship between nutritional status and quality of life of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at Al-Hussein Governmental Hospital in Biet-Jala, Palestine.
This cross-sectional study included all the patients receiving chemotherapy between 2018 and 2019. Nutritional status was assessed using anthropometric measurements and biochemical data retrieved from the participating patients' files. The clinical assessment of malnutrition was done using the Subjective Global Assessment, and quality of life was assessed using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30 questionnaire version 3.
One hundred patients (79 female, 21 male) were included in the final analysis. The results revealed that 25% of the patients were severely malnourished, and 42% were mildly to moderately malnourished. There was a significant relationship between malnutrition and quality of life in the following domains: physical functioning, cognitive functioning and fatigue.
Malnutrition is prevalent among Palestinian cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, and it is associated with poor quality of life. The results of the study highlight the need for nutritional support programmes for cancer patients to enhance their nutritional status and improve their quality of life.
营养不良与癌症患者的临床结局不佳和生活质量降低显著相关。尽管巴勒斯坦接受化疗的癌症患者人数有所增加，但对于营养不良与生活质量之间的关系的研究有限。
确定在巴勒斯坦比埃特拉贾的侯赛因政府医院接受化疗的癌症患者的营养状况与生活质量之间的关系。
这是一项横断面研究，纳入了 2018 年至 2019 年间接受化疗的所有患者。营养状况通过人体测量和从参与患者档案中检索的生化数据进行评估。营养不良的临床评估采用主观整体评估进行，生活质量采用欧洲癌症研究与治疗组织的 EORTC QLQ-C30 问卷第 3 版进行评估。
最终分析纳入了 100 名患者（79 名女性，21 名男性）。结果显示，25%的患者严重营养不良，42%的患者为轻度至中度营养不良。营养不良与生活质量的以下领域显著相关：身体功能、认知功能和疲劳。
巴勒斯坦接受化疗的癌症患者中普遍存在营养不良，且与生活质量较差相关。研究结果强调需要为癌症患者提供营养支持计划，以改善他们的营养状况和生活质量。
