Open AccessApetite e sintomas de impacto nutricional de mulheres com câncer ginecológico
Author(s) -
Maria Cláudia Bernardes Spexoto,
Gesieli Aparecida da Silva,
Lígia Zampieri de Brito,
Mariana dos Santos Murra,
Ricardo dos Reis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
braspen journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2764-1546
pISSN - 2525-7374
DOI - 10.37111/braspenj.2020351006
Subject(s) - medicine , appetite , poor appetite , body mass index , cancer , cervical cancer , cross sectional study , gynecology , gerontology , pathology
Changes in appetite are common and worrying in cancer patients and significantly impact nutritional status. This study aimed to verify the relationship among appetite/symptoms and the sociodemographic, clinical and nutritional status of women diagnosed with gynecological cancer without antineoplastic treatment treated at Barretos Cancer Hospital. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample design, conducted between January and September 2017. This study comprised sociodemographic, clinical, nutritional status and appetite/ symptoms. Nutritional assessment was performed using the body mass index (BMI) and the PatientGenerated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA). To assess appetite and symptoms, the Cancer Appetite and Symptom Questionnaire (CASQ) instrument was used. For associations of interest, the chi-square test was used. A significance level of 5% was adopted. Results: 171 women with a mean age of 52.32 ± 14.95 years participated, most of them diagnosed with cervical cancer (56.6%). Although the predominance in this study is women with moderate appetite/symptom impairment, it was not related to sociodemographic and clinical variables, nor was it associatedwith nutritional status assessed by BMI. However, a significant association was found between appetite/symptoms and nutritional status assessed by PG-SGA (p = 0.033). Conclusion: Appetite impairment and presence of symptoms were not related to the sociodemographic and clinical variables studied in women diagnosed with treatment-naive gynecological cancer. Significant association was found between CASQ and nutritional status assessed by PG-SGA.