Nutritional Screening: Development and Implementation of a Protocol in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.
This article aims to develop and pilot a nutritional screening protocol in an outpatient head and neck clinic using the abridged version of the Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (abPG-SGA) so that at-risk patients are identified and can maintain or minimize weight loss and body mass index (BMI).
METHODS: At initial and subsequent visits, study participants completed the abPG-SGA, documenting percentage of weight loss and BMI from baseline.
FINDINGS: 317 patients completed the abPG-SGA, with 119 scoring 6 or more, prompting a dietitian referral. The nutritional screening protocol accurately identified at-risk patients and resulted in less weight loss and BMI change.
PMID: 32678369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Laursen A Tags: Clin J Oncol Nurs Source Type: research
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