癌症卡赫克西亚患者的治疗障碍
Hasan Abualruz1, Anas Alsharawneh2,3, Naema Alamawi4
1Faculty of Nursing, Al-Zytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
概括
癌症缓解症显著影响患者的存活率,约旦的患病率为76.5%. 解决这个问题需要提高患者知识和综合护理,以有效地管理癌症缓解症.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 癌症缓解症是一种严重的多因素状况,影响癌症患者的生存和生活质量,导致超过20%的癌症死亡.
- 缺乏基于证据的标准护理来治疗癌症缓解症,这凸显了多式预防和治疗策略的必要性.
- 早期识别和管理对于减轻癌症缓解症的不良影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定在约旦的瘤病患者中癌症缓解症的患病率.
- 评估患者的感知,知识和与癌症缓解症管理相关的饮食实践.
- 在约旦瘤学人群中确定影响癌症缓解症管理的因素.
主要方法:
- 在约旦一家主要的政府医院对328名瘤患者进行了横截面调查.
- 数据采集使用了为癌症患者设计的经过验证的工具.
- 统计分析包括奇平方测试和后勤回归来确定关联和预测因素.
主要成果:
- 发现癌症缓解症的患病率为76.5%.
- 观察到一个显著的知识差距,93.9%的患者不知道癌症缓冲症,76.5%缺乏癌症营养知识.
- 尽管有很高的偏好从医疗保健专业人员那里学习 (98.1%),但许多患者没有遵循补偿饮食 (78.7%),监测体重 (85.4%),或接受转诊 (4.6%).
- 知识和感知与缓解症症状有显著的相关性 (p < 0.05).
- 饮食干预,体重监测和专家信息显著降低了缓冲症症状 (p < 0.05),解释了65.1%的差异.
结论:
- 严重的知识缺陷和营养不良实践对约旦癌症患者的癌症缓解症症状有很大影响.
- 有效的管理需要综合的多学科护理,早期营养评估和有针对性的教育干预措施.
- 解决这些差距对于改善癌症患者的治疗结果至关重要.
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