Effect of nutritional intervention on quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer treated by radiotherapy
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006-9801.2017.04.010
- VernacularTitle:营养干预对头颈部肿瘤放疗患者生命质量的影响
- Author:
Jianfeng WANG
;
Fang FANG
;
Lei YU
- Keywords:
Nutritional support;
Head and neck neoplasms;
Radiotherapy,computer-assited;
Quality of life
- From:
Cancer Research and Clinic
2017;29(4):259-261,265
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of nutritional intervention on nutritional status,weight,physical strength and quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer treated by radiotherapy.Methods 77 patients with head and neck malignant tumors treated by radiotherapy were divided randomly into two groups,nutritional intervention group (NI) had 38 cases and control group (CG) had 39 cases.The status of nutrition,weight,physical strength and quality of life before radiotherapy,the end of radiotherapy and 3 months after radiotherapy in two groups were compared.Results The nutritional risks in two groups had no difference before radiotherapy.At the end of radiotherapy,the assessment score of the nutrition in NI was significantly lower than that in CG [(5.41±2.36) scores vs.(6.92±2.74) scores,t =4.935,P ＜ 0.05],and the average weight in NI was significantly higher than that in CG [(57.07±8.01) kg vs.(46.53±9.82) kg,t =2.670,P ＜ 0.05].At the end of radiotherapy and 3 months after radiotherapy,the physical strength in NI [(57.07± 8.01),(41.48±7.92) kg] were significantly higher than those in CG [(36.43±6.48),(37.94±8.03) kg] (t =2.670,P =0.021;t =2.361,P =0.037);the index of quality of life in NI [(51.37±6.56),(52.07±6.23) scores] were also significantly higher than those in CG [(46.93±6.98),(48.13±7.12) scores] (t =2.292,P =0.041;t =2.076,P =0.037).Conclusion Nutritional intervention can effectively maintain the nutritional status of head and neck cancer patients with radiotherapy,and improve continuously the physical strength and the quality of life.
