Affiliation:
1. National Cancer Institute José Alencar Gomes da Silva, Ministry of Health Rio de Janeiro Brazil
2. Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
3. Brazilian Society of Oncological Nutrition Rio de Janeiro Brazil
4. Nutrition Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
5. Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundChanges in nutritional status are recognised as predictors of unfavourable outcomes in children and adolescents with cancer, particularly in developing countries. There have been no studies on children and adolescents with cancer from every region of Brazil or on the impact of nutritional status on clinical outcomes. The aim of this study is to assess the association between the nutritional status of children and adolescents with cancer and the prediction of clinical outcomes.MethodsThis was a longitudinal, multicentre, hospital‐based study. An anthropometric nutritional assessment was performed, and the Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment (SGNA) was administered within 48 h of admission. Seven hundred and twenty‐three patients (aged 2–18 years) were included in the sample, undergoing cancer treatment. They were recruited in 13 reference centres in the five macro‐regions of Brazil between March 2018 and August 2019. The outcomes evaluated were readmission within 30 days and death within 60 days of admission. To identify predictors of 60‐day survival, Cox regression and log‐rank statistics were used to compare Kaplan–Meier curves between the strata.ResultsAbout 36.2% (n = 262) of the samples were malnourished according to the SGNA. Severe malnutrition by the SGNA (relative risk [RR] = 8.44, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.35–21.3, P = 0.001) and living in the North region (RR = 11.9, 95% CI: 3.34–42.7, P = 0.001) were associated with the poorest survival. The North (RR = 5.77, 95% CI: 1.29–25.8, P = 0.021), Northeast (RR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.01–2.11, P = 0.041), Midwest (RR = 0.43, 95% CI: 0.20–0.095, P = 0.036), age group 10–18 years (RR = 0.65, 95% CI: 0.45– 0.94, P = 0.022) and haematologic malignancy (RR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.10–2.10, P = 0.011) were predictors of readmission within 30 days.ConclusionsThe prevalence of malnutrition was high and related to death. These results highlight the need to use the SGNA in clinical practice alongside classic anthropometric methods for the diagnosis of malnutrition, and the need to standardise care across all Brazilian regions, which should include nutritional care for children and adolescents with cancer.
Subject
Nutrition and Dietetics,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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