The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and a nutrition education program for high risk cancer patients: strategies to improve dietary intake in cancer patients.
Four hundred and forty-four high-risk oncology patients with malnutrition participated in this study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of nutrition education on improving an oncology patient's dietary intake. We used a nutritional risk screening to select oncology patients in need of nutritional care. Team Nutrition provides technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for patients and their caregivers, and support for healthy eating and physical activity to improve their diets and their lives. The average contribution of protein and total energy of each patient increased after imparting the nutritional education to them. Thus, nutritional education is an effective measure to bring about a favorable and significant change in oncology patients' nutrient intake.
School of Health Diet and Industry Management, Chung Shan Medical University, 402, Taichung, Taiwan, cshc029@csh.org.tw.
Pei-Chun
PC
Chao
Hui-Ju
HJ
Chuang
Li-Yen
LY
Tsao
Pei-Ying
PY
Chen
Chia-Fen
CF
Hsu
Hsing-Chun
HC
Lin
Chiu-Yueh
CY
Chang
Cheau-Feng
CF
Lin