Diet and weight management by people with non-metastatic colorectal cancer during chemotherapy: mixed methods research
Diet and weight management by people with non-metastatic colorectal cancer during chemotherapy: mixed methods research
Aim: to investigate self-management of dietary intake by colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Methods: a questionnaire was administered to 92 patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy treatment at a UK cancer centre in 2018-19. A maximum variation sample of twenty patients who completed the questionnaire were interviewed.
Results: more than three in five patients were at nutritional risk but fewer than one in five were concerned about dietary intake or weight. Self-management of diet and weight was inconsistent with achieving the nutritional intake recommended by clinical guidelines on nutrition in cancer.
Conclusion: there is potential for psychoeducation to support change in self-management of nutritional risk, with implications for better treatment tolerance and outcomes including quality of life.
Hopkinson, Jane B.
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Kazmi, Catherine
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Wheelwright, Sally
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Williams, Rhiannon
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Russell, Ann
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Shaw, Clare
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28 February 2020
Hopkinson, Jane B.
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Wheelwright, Sally
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Williams, Rhiannon
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Shaw, Clare
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Hopkinson, Jane B., Kazmi, Catherine, Elias, Jayne, Wheelwright, Sally, Williams, Rhiannon, Russell, Ann and Shaw, Clare
(2020)
Diet and weight management by people with non-metastatic colorectal cancer during chemotherapy: mixed methods research.
Colorectal Cancer.
Abstract
Aim: to investigate self-management of dietary intake by colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Methods: a questionnaire was administered to 92 patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy treatment at a UK cancer centre in 2018-19. A maximum variation sample of twenty patients who completed the questionnaire were interviewed.
Results: more than three in five patients were at nutritional risk but fewer than one in five were concerned about dietary intake or weight. Self-management of diet and weight was inconsistent with achieving the nutritional intake recommended by clinical guidelines on nutrition in cancer.
Conclusion: there is potential for psychoeducation to support change in self-management of nutritional risk, with implications for better treatment tolerance and outcomes including quality of life.
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Diet and weight management by people with non-metastatic colorectal cancer during chemotherapy mixed methods research
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Published date: 28 February 2020
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ISSN: 1758-194X
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