Investigation of nutrition status and quality of life of perioperative patients with laryngeal cancer

VernacularTitle:围手术期喉癌患者营养风险与生存质量的调查研究
Author: Lijing HU ; Jieli WU ; Xinlin CHEN ; Lei ZHANG ; Shouzhen CHENG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: laryngeal cancer; perioperative period; nutrition status
From: Modern Clinical Nursing 2014;(7):1-4
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the nutrition status and quality of life(QOL)in the perioperative patients with laryngeal cancer and to analyze the effect of nutrition status on quality of life.Methods Sixty-six patients with laryngeal cancer were surveyed respectively by self-designed general situation questionnaire,nutritional risk srcreening 2002(NRS2002)and European organization for research and treatment of cancer quality of life core questionnaire(EORTC QLQ-C30).The impact of nutritional status on QOL was analyzed by the multiple linear regression analysis.Results The total score of nutritional risk of perioperative patients with laryngeal cancer was 3.53±1.51 and the incidence of nutritional risk was 28.79%.The nutrition status influenced on QOL, physiological function,cognitive function and pain area(P<0.05).Conclusion Nurses should assess the nutritional status of the patients and correct malnutrition without delay in order to improve the physical function and QOL of the patients.