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배시현 ( ) - 가톨릭대학교
김병우 ( ) - 가톨릭대학교
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Abstract
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This study was designed to identify the severity of anorexia and the diet patterns in receiving chemotherapy. The identification of anorexia would provide useful and basic information to oncology nursing care.
The subjects of this study were 102 hospitalized chemotherapy patients in a September 10, 1994. The subjects were 20 years old or above and who agreed to participate in this study and could understand the questionnaire.
Three-days diet history were collected and analysed. The study study subjects change, food aversions, the severity of anorexia, Data related to demographic and other mecdical characteristics such as age, diagnosis, and medication were collected
by
review of patient medical record.
@ES The results of this study were summarized as follows:
@EN 1) The score of anorexia was 73.7 in Anorexia Visual Analogue Scales and mean amount of fool intake per a day was 823cc. The larger the anorexia VAS score, the more sever of anorexia.
2) The food preforences of subjects were identified. Those were aversions, or dislikes the meat such as beef, pork, and chicken, and greesy or fried foods. The Caffeinated drinks such as coffee and tea were disgusted, also. The patients
preferred
vegetables and Korean traditional food especially kimchee and soy bean soap.
3) Those who were administered analgesics and cisplatin suffered severe in anorexia than those who analgsics and cisplatin was not administarted.
The patients with gastrointestinal cancer has more severe anorexia than those who have the other site cancer head and neck, genirourinary etc.
The result of this study in turn provide valuable nursing practice guidelines for nutritional counseling in cancer chemotherapy patient. Nurses working with chemotherapy ward should identify the severity of anorexia and diet patterns.
In conclusion, the severity of anorexia in cancer chemotherapy patients is very important problems. Health care personnels recognize the potential problems of anorexia and encourage the nutritional counseling in cancer chemotherapy patients.
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KeyWords
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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