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To assess and describe the nutritional status of adult cancer outpatients undergoing therapy using the Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment tool.

July 19, 2017BMC NutritionOpen Access

Nutritional status of cancer outpatients using scored patient generated subjective global assessment in two cancer treatment centers, Nairobi, Kenya

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YOYvonne OpangaAmref Health Africa LKLydia KadukaKenya Medical Research Institute ZBZipporah BukaniaKing Abdulaziz University

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Cross-sectional study reveals widespread malnutrition in cancer outpatients, highlighting the utility of structured nutritional assessment tools.

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To assess and describe the nutritional status of adult cancer outpatients undergoing therapy using the Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment tool.
Hospital-based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Kenyatta National Hospital and Texas Cancer Centre in Kenya.
Recruited physically stable outpatients aged 18 years and older (N=471) with confirmed stage 1 to 4 cancers undergoing active treatment.
Evaluated nutritional status using the Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) tool, with categorical data analyzed using Pearson's chi-square test.
According to PG-SGA categories, 69.0% of participants were well-nourished (SGA-A), 19.7% were moderately malnourished (SGA-B), and 11.3% were severely malnourished (SGA-C), with an overall mean score of 6.76 (SD 5.17).
Severe malnutrition (SGA-C) was significantly higher in males (54.7%) than females (45.3%) (P < 0.001), with the highest prevalence occurring in patients with digestive organ cancers (49.1%).
Based on total numeric scores, 33.8% of patients required critical nutritional intervention, while moderate and severe malnutrition affected 37.5% and 29.4% of stage 4 cancer patients, respectively.

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Opanga et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9eccbc979f6e28484549a8 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-017-0181-z

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Cross-sectional study reveals widespread malnutrition in cancer outpatients, highlighting the utility of structured nutritional assessment tools.

Nutritional status of cancer outpatients using scored patient generated subjective global assessment in two cancer treatment centers, Nairobi, Kenya

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Nutritional status of cancer outpatients using scored patient generated subjective global assessment in two cancer treatment centers, Nairobi, Kenya

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