Sipping as a Nutritional Supplement in Ambulatory Palliative Oncology Care: A Pilot Study with Noninvasive Methods

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jmf.2023.0033" target="_blank" >10.1089/jmf.2023.0033</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sipping as a Nutritional Supplement in Ambulatory Palliative Oncology Care: A Pilot Study with Noninvasive Methods

Original language description

Objective: The implementation of nutritional support is a basic need of patients in palliative oncological care. This pilot study optimized the use of sipping to improve the nutritional status of cancer patients in palliative care. Materials and Method: The pilot study included 63 patients, 61.3 years of age on average (range: 32-82 years of age). The patients were assigned to either group A (no nutritional support n = 39 patients) or group B (sipping as nutritional support n = 24 patients). The patients were evaluated through by noninvasive methods: body weight, waist and arm circumference, and triceps skinfold, bioimpedance analysis, and dynamometry. Quality of life was assessed through modified questionnaires. Results: In contrast with group A, group B did not have a significant weight loss, that is, A: 81.9 +/- 15.8-80.5 +/- 15.8 kg (P = .028) and B: 73.9 +/- 14.9-73 +/- 16 kg. Body mass index A: 29 +/- 5-28.5 +/- 5 kg/m(2) (P = .007) and B: 25.3 +/- 4.7-25 +/- 4.9 kg/m(2) (P = .614). Waist circumference A: 93.5 +/- 15.1-92.5 +/- 14.8 cm (P = .008) and B: 80.1 +/- 13.2-80.6 +/- 12.3 cm (P = .234). Triceps skinfold A: 12.3 +/- 7.2-11 +/- 6.7 mm (P = .001) and B: 8.2 +/- 6.1-7.9 +/- 5.7 mm (P = .207). Fat free mass A: 54.8 +/- 11.5-52.8 +/- 11.6 kg (P = .018) and B: 54.7 +/- 10.9-52.8 +/- 11.5 kg (P = .207). Significantly lower dynamometer values were recorded in both groups; A: 25.6 +/- 10.4-23.1 +/- 10.3 kg (P = .010) and B: 27.4 +/- 9.9-24.3 +/- 9.1 kg (P = .009). In contrast to group B, the patients in group A showed slight variations in their health status, thus decreasing their scores into the significance limit (P = .072). Conclusion: Our results suggest that providing nutritional support in the form of sipping (similar to 12 g proteins, 300 kcal) on a daily basis prevents the loss of active tissue mass in palliative oncology patients. Based on these results, we recommend the inclusion of this simple nutritional support to prevent malnutrition in cancer patients in palliative care. The clinical study was registered by the internal ethics committee under the heading of its approval - Institutional Ethics Committee of the Hradec Kr &amp; aacute;lov &amp; eacute; Faculty Hospital, number 201311S2OP.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30204 - Oncology

Project

<a href="/en/project/NU20-09-00045" target="_blank" >NU20-09-00045: Quality of life analysis in palliative care of cancer patients – A personalized approach in specialized outpatients.</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Medicinal Food

ISSN

1096-620X

e-ISSN

1557-7600

Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

943-950

UT code for WoS article

001117623700009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85174548840