Practical Geriatrics ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 20-23.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2021.01.006

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Effect of nutrition monitoring on quality of life in elderly patients with esophageal cancer after operation

LI Dan-feng, MA Jing-jing, SU Dan, LI Hu   

  1. LI Dan-feng, MA Jing-jing, SU Dan. Department of Thoracic Surgery; LI Hui. Department of Nursing, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110013, China
  • Received:2019-12-31 Published:2021-01-12

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of nutrition monitoring on the nutritional status and quality of life in the elderly patients with esophageal cancer after operation. Methods A total of 96 elderly patients with esophageal cancer from January 2016 to May 2019 were randomly divided into two groups: the control group (48 cases) receiving routine enteral nutrition support after operation, and the observation group (48 cases) receiving nutrition support under the guidance of nutrition monitoring after operation. Both groups were intervened until discharge. The levels of nutritional indexes such as albumin (ALB), prealbumin (PA), hemoglobin (Hb), transferrin (TRF), arm muscle circumference (AMC) and the MOS item short from health survey (SF-36) scores before and after intervention were compared. Results After intervention, the time of hospitalization was significantly shorter and the incidence rate of complications was significantly lower in the observation group than that in the control group (P<0. 05); The levels of ALB, PA, Hb, TRF and AMC in the observation group were higher than those in the control group and those before intervention (P<0. 05), but there were no significant differences in the above indicators in the control group before and after intervention; The scores of SF-36 in both groups were higher than those before intervention (P<0. 05), especially in the observation group (P<0. 05). Conclusions Nutritional support intervention under the guidance of nutrition monitoring can improve the nutritional status and quality of life in the elderly patients with esophageal cancer after operation.

Key words: nutrition monitoring, nutritional status, quality of life, esophageal cancer, albumin, aged

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