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The Effect of Nutritional Intervention in Nutritional Risk Screening on Hospitalised Lung Cancer Patients

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorCabrita, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Ângela
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Sónia
dc.contributor.authorLima, João P. M.
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Diana
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-30T09:13:53Z
dc.date.available2025-09-30T09:13:53Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-24
dc.description(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutritional Status and Interventions for Patients with Cancer—2nd Edition)
dc.description.abstractBackground: Lung cancer (LC) patients are prone to suffer from malnutrition. Malnutrition negatively affects patients’ response to therapy, increases the incidence of treatment-related side effects, and decreases survival. Early identification of LC patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition can promote recovery and improve prognosis. Objective: This study aimed to assess the risk and nutritional status of lung cancer patients who are hospitalised, as well as to evaluate the impact of nutritional intervention on the risk of malnutrition. Methods: From January 2022 to December 2023, 53 LC patients hospitalised in a pulmonology department had their nutritional risk (initial and final) and nutritional status (initial) assessed. All were selected for nutritional intervention. Nutrition counselling was the first intervention option, along with dietary changes with/without oral nutritional supplements. Results: At the time of hospitalisation, 90.6% of the patients were at nutritional risk, 45.3% were classified as moderately malnourished, and 35.8% were classified as severely underweight. After the hospitalisation, 73.6% were at nutritional risk at the time of discharge, suggesting a statistically significant decrease in the number of patients with nutritional risk. Conclusions: Most LC patients hospitalised presented an altered nutritional status. Our study suggests that a nutritional intervention must be implemented to reduce malnutrition risk, which may impact prognosis. The comprehensive nutritional problems experienced by LC patients require nutritional assessment and improved individually tailored nutritional support.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project was supported by FCT/MCTES UIDP/05608/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/05608/2020) and UIDB/05608/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/05608/2020).
dc.identifier.citationOliveira, R.; Cabrita, B.; Cunha, Â.; Silva, S.; Lima, J.P.M.; Martins, D.; Mendes, F. The Effect of Nutritional Intervention in Nutritional Risk Screening on Hospitalised Lung Cancer Patients. Nutrients 2025, 17, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17010006
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu17010006
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14151
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relationHealth and Technology Research Center
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17/1/6
dc.relation.ispartofNutrients
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectNutrition assessment
dc.subjectNutrition therapy
dc.subjectLung cancer
dc.titleThe Effect of Nutritional Intervention in Nutritional Risk Screening on Hospitalised Lung Cancer Patientseng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleNutrients
oaire.citation.volume17
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person.givenNameRaquel
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