Prevalence of malnutrition among hospitalised adult cancer patients at the National Cancer Institute Putrajaya Malaysia

Norshariza J., . and Siti Farrah Zaidah M. Y., . and Aini Zaharah A. J., . and Betti Sharina M. H. L., . and Neoh M. K., . and Aeininhayatey A., . and Nur Hafizah M. S., . Prevalence of malnutrition among hospitalised adult cancer patients at the National Cancer Institute Putrajaya Malaysia. pp. 161-174. ISSN 1394-035X

Malnutrition in cancer patients affects the quality of life (QoL) of the patients and brings about adverse outcomes including morbidity and mortality. This study aims to determine the prevalence of malnutrition among cancer patients at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Putrajaya. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 97 respondents who were admitted to the NCI between August 2014 and January 2015. Information on socio-demographic characteristics clinical characteristics anthropometric measurements dietary intake and biochemical data were obtained. The Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) was used to identify malnutrition risk while the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) determined patients nutritional status. Results: Approximately 61.9 and 43.5 of the patients were malnourished upon admission based on the MST and SGA scores respectively. Four most common types of cancer among the malnourished patients were nasopharyngeal (NPC) lung breast and colorectal cancer. About 56.9 and 21.6 of the malnourished patients according to MST were at Stage 4 and Stage 3 cancer respectively. Meanwhile 69.7 of the malnourished respondents based on SGA were at Stage 4 cancer. Mean energy intake was 1463577 kcal and protein intake was 5422 g proteins. Conclusion: Prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalised cancer patients in the NCI was high depending on age body mass index (BMI) tumour location and cancer stage. Early identification of malnutrition status is required for proper nutritional intervention.

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Abstract

Malnutrition in cancer patients affects the quality of life (QoL) of the patients and brings about adverse outcomes including morbidity and mortality. This study aims to determine the prevalence of malnutrition among cancer patients at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Putrajaya. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 97 respondents who were admitted to the NCI between August 2014 and January 2015. Information on socio-demographic characteristics clinical characteristics anthropometric measurements dietary intake and biochemical data were obtained. The Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) was used to identify malnutrition risk while the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) determined patients nutritional status. Results: Approximately 61.9 and 43.5 of the patients were malnourished upon admission based on the MST and SGA scores respectively. Four most common types of cancer among the malnourished patients were nasopharyngeal (NPC) lung breast and colorectal cancer. About 56.9 and 21.6 of the malnourished patients according to MST were at Stage 4 and Stage 3 cancer respectively. Meanwhile 69.7 of the malnourished respondents based on SGA were at Stage 4 cancer. Mean energy intake was 1463577 kcal and protein intake was 5422 g proteins. Conclusion: Prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalised cancer patients in the NCI was high depending on age body mass index (BMI) tumour location and cancer stage. Early identification of malnutrition status is required for proper nutritional intervention.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Malnutrition
AGROVOC Term:	Disease prevalence
AGROVOC Term:	Cancer (disease)
AGROVOC Term:	Neoplasms
AGROVOC Term:	Human diseases
AGROVOC Term:	patients
AGROVOC Term:	Biochemistry
AGROVOC Term:	Anthropometry
AGROVOC Term:	Body measurements
AGROVOC Term:	Body mass
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:53
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7740

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