2026-05-22T05:24:11Zhttps://repisalud.isciii.es/rest/oai/requestoai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/181682024-09-21T23:03:01Zcom_20.500.12105_15322com_20.500.12105_2051col_20.500.12105_16927
Repisalud
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Álvaro Sanz, Elena
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Abilés, Jimena
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Garrido Siles, Marga
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Rivas Ruíz, Francisco
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Tortajada Goitia, Begoña
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Domínguez, Antonio Rueda
2024-02-12T19:48:14Z
2024-02-12T19:48:14Z
2020-12-03
10.1038/s41598-020-78246-w
2045-2322
Scientific reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16729
33273641
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/18168
Patients with cancer frequently experience malnutrition, which is associated with higher rates of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the implementation of strategies for its early detection and for intervention should improve the evolution of these patients. Our study aim is to design and implement a protocol for outpatients starting chemotherapy, by means of which any malnutrition can be identified and treated at an early stage. Before starting chemotherapy for patients with cancer, a complete assessment was made of their nutritional status, using the Nutriscore screening tool. When nutritional risk was detected, an interventional protocol was applied. Of 234 patients included in the study group, 84 (36%) required an individualised nutritional approach: 27 (32.1%) presented high nutritional risk, 12 had a Nutriscore result ≥ 5 and 45 experienced weight loss during chemotherapy. Among this population, the mean weight loss (with respect to normal weight) on inclusion in the study was - 3.6% ± 8.2. By the end of the chemotherapy, the mean weight gain was 0% ± 7.3 (p
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Evaluation of a protocol to detect malnutrition and provide nutritional care for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
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