Acute hospitalization of cancer community-based patients: a cross sectional look into identifying nutritional risk, status and functional compromise and a window onto nutritional perceptions and unmet needs

Elisabete Neto, Paula Alves, Marta Correia, Susana Irving

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Abstract

Background - Cancer-related malnutrition is prevalent. Moreover, nutritional status can be dynamic, resulting from a cumulative risk of deterioration, specially if multimodal treatments are proposed. Nowadays, due to treatment advances, more people living with cancer are being managed as community-based outpatients. Systematic nutritional risk identification should be conducted and established throughout the oncology care continuum. Objectives - To evaluate the nutritional risk and status, and functional compromise of cancer patients at an acute hospitalization timepoint. to capture participant’s nutritional perceptions and unmet needs whilst outpatients
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 10 May 2023
EventXXII Congress of Food and Nutrition and III International Congress of Food and Nutrition - Alfândega do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Duration: 11 May 202312 May 2023

Conference

ConferenceXXII Congress of Food and Nutrition and III International Congress of Food and Nutrition
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period11/05/2312/05/23

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