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Nutritional Status and Its Contributing Factors among Older Adults with Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy

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  • Eman Shokry Abd Allah
  • Hanan Mohammed Mohammed Gad
  • Hassanat Ramadan Abdel-Aziz

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The study aimed to assess nutritional status and its contributing factors among older adults with cancer receiving chemotherapy so, a descriptive study design was used. The study was conducted at Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt. The study’s sample was selected purposively which composed of 194 older adults. Nutritional status was measured by the Arabic version of the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Contributing factors were identified by examining the relationship of nutritional status with demographic and clinical variables. Study results revealed that 33% of the older patients were malnourished and 51.5% were at risk for malnutrition. Statistically significant relations were found between nutritional status and advanced age, illiteracy, insufficient monthly income, comorbidities, cancer stage four at diagnosis, and receiving ≥4 chemotherapy cycles. High prevalence of malnutrition and many contributing factors were identified among older patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. So, continuous malnutrition screening along chemotherapy courses with special concern for contributing factors assessed in this study is recommended.

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  • Eman Shokry Abd Allah & Hanan Mohammed Mohammed Gad & Hassanat Ramadan Abdel-Aziz, 2020. "Nutritional Status and Its Contributing Factors among Older Adults with Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 29(8), pages 650-658, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:29:y:2020:i:8:p:650-658
    DOI: 10.1177/1054773820947953
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