Nutrition and Cancer, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 77(2), P. 210 - 220
Published: Oct. 9, 2024
A self-reported electronic questionnaire to advocate for a consensus definition of nutrition impact symptoms (NISs) was conducted in diverse group international healthcare providers. The had 2 components: the NISs and relevance each symptom as NIS. Agreement on tentative 24 were evaluated using seven-point Likert scale. For factor validity internal consistency symptoms, an exploratory analysis employed, Cronbach's alpha coefficients (Cronbach's α) calculated domain. total 66 providers responded. Regarding NISs, percentages number participants with agree strongly 40.9% 42.4%. Three conceptual groups extracted follows: 1) that interfere patients' ability ingest or digest nutrients, 2) compromise desire eat take 3) indirectly food nutrient intake. values α 0.91, 0.92, 0.87. We proposed new – are eat, interfering their nutritional needs increasing risk malnutrition, loss lean body mass, impaired QOL.
Language: Английский