The Effect of Nutrition Education Program on the Nutrition Status and Life Quality of Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- BMI
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Using randomized control study, explore the effect of novel nutrition education program on the nutrition status and life quality of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy
Detailed Description
Weight loss is common among cancer patients, and can be attributed to many causes, including mucositis, inability to ingest or absorb adequate calories because of a problem with the alimentary tract, loss of appetite, and metabolic aberrations. Unintentional weight loss may be associated with decreased quality of life (QOL) and a poorer prognosis. Furthermore, for patients who are already in a catabolic state, the increased metabolic demands associated with anticancer treatment (particularly surgery) further worsen the problem. The novel nutrition program might improve the nutrition status and QOL in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Masking Description
single blind (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients are diagnosed with cancer and receive radiotherapy, especially in head and neck cancer, lung cancer, or esophageal cancer.
- •Patients need nutrition support treatment
- •Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Critical patients or life expectancy < 12 weeks
- •Patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, chronic renal failure, intestinal obstruction, stroke.
- •Unconscious or psychiatric patients
- •Patients with communication problems
Arms & Interventions
Arm A
Novel nutrition program :
Give nutrition health education every week and regular survey and intervention. The education booklets are made based on the guideline and characteristics of the disease.
Intervention: novel nutrition program (Procedure)
Arm B
Routine nutrition education Give nutrition education if the patient visits the clinics. Irregular survey and intervention were given to the patients.
Intervention: novel nutrition program (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
BMI
Time Frame: Week 0, 12
Body mass index is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. It equals to weight divided by height square.
Quality of Life (QOL)
Time Frame: Week 0, 12
The QOL was measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment quality of life version 3 questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) simplified Chinese version. It contains five functional scales (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, and social), three symptoms scales (fatigue, pain, and nausea and vomiting), a global health scale, a number of single items assessing additional symptoms commonly reported by cancer patients (dyspnea, appetite loss, insomnia, constipation, and diarrhea) and financial impact of the disease. For most items, four response categories from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much) are employed; two items (overall health, overall quality of life) have response categories ranging from 1 to 7. A high scale score represents a higher response level. Thus a high score for a functional scale, the global health status or overall QOL represents a high or healthy status or a high QOL; however, a high score for the symptom scales represents a high level of symptom.
albumin
Time Frame: Week 0, 12
level of serum albumin
risk of malnutrition
Time Frame: Week 0, 12
Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 is used to assess the risk of malnutrition.
Secondary Outcomes
- physical function status(Week 0, 12)
- Knowledge-Attitude-Practice(Week 0, 12)