The relationship between PG-SGA scores and nutritional status of patients receiving chemotherapy

Dilşat Baş; Özlem Sönmez; Nilay Öngen; Elif Şenocak Taşçı

doi:10.23751/pn.v24i4.12806

Authors

Dilşat Baş Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, İstanbul Galata University, İstanbul, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2991-7774
Özlem Sönmez Deparment of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Acıbadem MAA University, İstanbul / Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6656-9000
Nilay Öngen Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1035-3913
Elif Şenocak Taşçı Department of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Acıbadem MAA University, İstanbul / Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-1628

Keywords:

PG-SGA, Nutrition Education, Cancer, Malnutrition

Abstract

Background: We aimed to examine cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in terms of nutritional education status, malnutrition rate, and use of oral nutritional support. The relationships between these variables are explored.

Materials/Methods: PG-SGA malnutrition screening tool and questionnaires about nutrition education status and oral nutritional support were carried out with 281 cancer patients treated in the chemotherapy unit of a private health institution. The data were analyzed with SPSS.

Results: We found that 56.1% of the patients received their nutritional information from the doctor. There was not a significant relationship between nutritional education status and malnutrition. According to the PG-SGA evaluation, 37.7% of the patients were moderately malnourished and 6.8% were severely malnourished. However, it is seen that 72.5% of malnourished patients do not receive oral nutritional support. The PG-SGA results revealed that Albumin was significantly lower in patients with severe malnutrition compared to other groups. It was found that malnutrition was overlooked in 82% of patients evaluated with BMI alone.

Conclusion: PG-SGA is a tool that should be used routinely with chemotherapy patients. In future research, the validity of the PG-SGA short form should be conducted as it may provide ease of application and widespread use.

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