Correlation of dietary intake during home stay of postoperative patients with digestive malignant tumors and the nutritional knowledge of their primary family caregivers
10.3969/j.issn.1671-332X.2024.02.034
- VernacularTitle:消化系统恶性肿瘤术后患者居家期间膳食摄入量与其家庭主要照顾者膳食营养知识的相关性分析
- Author:
Yuling HU
1
;
Qiyuan HUANG
;
Weisheng YANG
;
Zhimin DU
Author Information
1. 广州医科大学护理学院 广东广州 510182
- Keywords:
Digestive malignant tumors;
Primary family caregivers;
Dietary intake;
Nutritional knowledge-attitude-be-havior
- From:
Modern Hospital
2024;24(2):289-292,296
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the dietary intakes of postoperative patients with digestive malignant tumor during their recovery at home and explores the correlation of the intakes with the food nutritional knowledge of their primary family care-givers.Methods A total of 108 primary caregivers of prospective patients with digestive malignant tumors were selected for a sur-vey conducted at home from October 2022 to March 2023 in Guangzhou,from two tertiary hospitals.In this cross-sectional study,this paper investigated these caregivers using its general information questionnaire,a nutritional knowledge-attitude-behavior ques-tionnaire,and a simple dietary self-assessment tool(SDSAT).Results The SDSAT score of the patients was collected(4.16±1.22).Significant differences were observed among patients with various tumor types in terms of the recovery time at home after surgery.The total score of family primary caregivers'nutritional knowledge,attitude,and behavior was(47.64±6.97).Pearson's correlation analysis revealed a positive correlation between the knowledge of dietary guidelines and the patient's dietary intakes during home stay(r=0.285,P＜0.05).Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that caregivers'knowledge of dieta-ry guidelines significantly influenced the dietary intake of the prospective patients.Conclusion It is essential to regularly monitor the dietary intake of prospective patients at home.Medical personnel can concentrate on intervening with the patient's caregivers and encouraging them to participate in nutrition management together.This approach can improve the quality of family care and the nutritional status of the patients.
