Nutritional experiences in head and neck cancer patients
| Autor: | Asta Bye, Tora Skeidsvoll Solheim, Anne-Sofie Helvik, Line Merethe Oldervoll, Kari Sand, Jon Arne Sandmæl |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Food intake medicine.medical_specialty Nutritional Status Pilot Projects Head neck cancer Interviews as Topic Head cancer Eating 03 medical and health sciences Enteral Nutrition 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Nutritionists Adverse effect Qualitative Research Aged Nutrition Radiotherapy Norway Nutritional Support business.industry Adverse effects Head and neck cancer Feeding Behavior Middle Aged Diets medicine.disease Neck cancer Diet Nutrition Assessment Oncology Head and Neck Neoplasms Food 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Dietary Supplements Physical therapy Neck Dissection Head Cancer Female Qualitative content analysis business Attitude to Health Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer Care |
| ISSN: | 0961-5423 |
| Popis: | Objective Extensive research has documented the negative nutritional impact of head neck cancer (HNC) treatment, but few studies have addressed the patients' experiences. The purpose of this study was to describe how patients with HNC experience the nutritional situation and perceive nutritional support from diagnosis to the post‐treatment phase. Methods Patients with HNC were recruited from a randomised pilot study. Individual interviews were conducted after radiotherapy with 10 participants aged 49 – 70 years and analysed by qualitative content analysis. Results Undergoing surgery was experienced as a poor nutritional starting point for the upcoming radiotherapy. During radiotherapy, increasing side effects made the participants customise their meals to improve food intake. About halfway through radiotherapy, virtually no food intake was experienced and hospital admissions and initiations of tube‐feeding occurred in this period. Oral nutritional supplements were recommended for all, but eventually became unbearable to ingest. When radiotherapy was finally completed, the participants felt discouraged about the persistent side effects preventing them from resume eating. The participants missed tailored information about development of side effects and involvement of a dietitian when reflecting on the treatment‐period. Conclusion The comprehensive nutritional problems experienced by patients with HNC require early nutritional assessments and improved individually tailored nutritional support. © 2019 The Authors. European Journal of Cancer Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
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