BACKGROUND Cancer patients frequently experience malnutrition and this is an important factor in impaired quality of life. OBJECTIVE This cross-sectional study examined the association between global quality of life and its various subscales with nutritional status among 61 (33 females and 28 males) advanced cancer patients cared for by selected hospices in peninsular Malaysia. METHODS The ...

OBJECTIVE Establish the reliability of the scored Patient Generated-Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) in determining nutritional status among Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) naive HIV-infected adults. METHODS A descriptive, cross sectional study among outpatient medical clinics, in The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Mulago Centre, Kampala, Uganda. The study group (n=217) consisted of male...

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is recognized as an effective and economical therapy for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, the drop-out and mortality rates of this treatment remain high. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential effects of metabolic status and personality on the prognosis of ESRD patients receiving CAPD. A total of 835 patients (455 m...

To explore the effect of nutritional support combined with early motion based on protection motivation theory in acquired weakness critically ill patients. Patients treated Intensive care unit (ICU) after operation from January to December 2021 were selected as study subjects. Historial control trial (HCT) was used. admitted June group, and those July intervention group. Routine ICU management ...

Abstract Background Malnutrition in patients with CD has been suggested to affect the disease course, leading more frequent flare-ups, disease-related complications and longer hospitalizations. The aim of present study was assess effect malnutrition on several clinical outcomes CD. Methods Data regarding medical history, classification basic anthropometric characteristics were collected at base...

PURPOSE The purpose of this prospective multi-institutional study was to evaluate the nutritional status of patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) for treatment of head and neck, lung, or gastrointestinal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1,000 patients were enrolled in this study at seven different hospitals in Seoul, Korea between October 2009 and May 2010. The nutritional status of p...

INTRODUCTION The method capable of best identifying protein-energy wasting (PEW) in hemodialysis (HD) patients is controversial. Thus, we assessed the nutritional status of HD patients by use of different methods and verified which one identified the highest number of patients with PEW. METHODS The study assessed the nutritional status of 15 HD patients (age: 52.7 ± 10.1 years; males: 33.3%) ...

PURPOSE Malnutrition is prevalent in patients with advanced liver disease (LD) related to multifactorial causes. Fluid retention can underestimate the nutritional status based on anthropometric measures. We evaluated nutritional indicators and body composition (BC) in patients with liver cirrhosis and correlated them with LD severity. METHODS Forty three patients with LD enrolled for liver tr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study validated the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) for nutritional screening in acutely unwell elderly patients against a reference assessment tool - Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA). METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN One hundred and thirty two acutely admitted general medical patients contributed data for this study. In addition to p...

The aim was to evaluate the nutritional situation of patients admitted to the Postoperative Acute Care Unit using classic methods of objective anthropometry, systemic evaluation methods, and Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill (NUTRIC) score, and to compare them as a predictor of morbidity and mortality.At admission to the postoperative care unit, patients undergoing various surgeries were assesse...