title: Quality of life and nutritional status among cancer patients on chemotherapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Malnutrition is prevalent among cancer patients, and maybe correlated with altered quality of life. The objective of this study is to determine wether quality of life among cancer patients on chemotherapy at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute- Cancer Unit differs from patients with normal nutrition based on the Subjective Global Assessment scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross sectional study was conducted among cancer patients admitted for chemotherapy at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute-Cancer Unit from January to May 2011. Demographic profile, performance status by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance scale, nutritional status assessment by Subjective Global Assessment, and quality of life assessment by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QoL-30 core module were obtained. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were performed for analysis of quality of life parameters and nutritional status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 97 subjects were included in this study, 66 subjects (68.04%) were females and 31 (31.96%) were males. Mean age was 54.55 ± 11.14 years, while mean performance status by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group classification was 0.88 ± 0.83 with a range of 0-3. According to the Subjective Global Assessment, there were 58 patients with SGA A, classified to have adequate nutrition, and 39 patients (40.21%) were considered malnourished. Among these 39 patients, 32 were classified SGA-B (moderately malnourished) and 7 were classified SGA C (severely malnourished) mean global quality of life was 68.73 ± 19.05. Results from ANOVA test revealed that patients were statistically different across the Subjective Global Assessment groups according to global quality of life (p<0.001), physical (p<0.001), role (p<0.001), emotional (p<0.001), and cognitive functioning (p<0.001); fatigue (p<0.001), nausea and vomiting (p<0.001), pain (p<0.001), insomnia (p<0.001), and appetite loss (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GLOBAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND ITS PARAMETERS: physical state, role, emotional state, cognitive functioning, cancer fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, insomnia, and loss of appetite were statistically different across all Subjective Global Assessment groups. Moreover, there was no difference between financial difficulties, social functioning, constipation and diarrhea among the Subjective Global Assessment groups.
authors.affiliation: Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Kidney and Transplant Institute- Cancer Unit, Quezon City, Philippines.
authors.forename: Nunilon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vergara
authors.forename: Jose Enrique
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.forename: Herdee Gloriane
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: Jose Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Amparo
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cristal-Luna
keywords: Cancer nutrition; Quality of life; Subjective global assessment
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