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Assessment of nutritional status using abridged scored patient-generated subjective global assessment in cancer patient

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 2017
Context: Malnutrition is a common problem among cancer patients, usually occurs due to poor appetite, low food intake, and changes in body metabolism. Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of malnutrition in ...
Simin, Shahvazi, Shokouh, Onvani, Marziyeh, Heydari, Valiollah, Mehrzad, Azadeh, Nadjarzadeh, Hosseyn, Fallahzadeh   +5 more
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Nutritional status assessed by scored patient-generated subjective global assessment associated with length of hospital stay in adult patients receiving an appendectomy

Biomedical Journal, 2014
Background: Malnutrition has been associated with poor health outcomes in hospitalized patients. This study assessed the validity of the scored patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) in adult patients who had undergone an open ...
Tzu-Hao Huang, Ching-Chi Chi, Chin-Hua Liu, Cheng-Chih Chang, Liang-Mou Kuo, Ching-Chuan Hsieh   +5 more
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Assessing nutritional status in cancer [PDF]

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2017
The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is used internationally as the reference method for proactive risk assessment (screening), assessment, monitoring and triaging for interventions in patients with cancer. This review aims to explain the rationale behind and data supporting the PG-SGA, and to provide an overview of recent
Harriët, Jager-Wittenaar, Faith D, Ottery   +1 more
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Clinically important differences in the intensity of chronic refractory breathlessness [PDF]

, 2013
Context: Clinically important differences in chronic refractory breathlessness are ill defined but important in clinical practice and trial design.
Abernethy, Amy P., Bland, J. Martin, Currow, David C., Johnson, Miriam J., Oxberry, Stephen G.   +4 more
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Sleep Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia and Therapeutic Approach Options [PDF]

, 2020
Fibromyalgia, characterised by persistent pain, sleep disturbance, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction, is a central sensitivity syndrome that also involves abnormality in peripheral generators and in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis.
Lawson, Kim
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Malnutrition in a sample of community-dwelling people with Parkinson's disease. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition results in poor health outcomes, and people with Parkinson's disease may be more at risk of malnutrition. However, the prevalence of malnutrition in Parkinson's disease is not yet well defined.
Jamie M Sheard, Susan Ash, George D Mellick, Peter A Silburn, Graham K Kerr   +4 more
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Use of the terms "Wellbeing" and "Quality of Life" in health sciences: A conceptual framework [PDF]

, 2014
Background and Objectives: The assessment of wellbeing is a top priority in health sciences. The aim of this paper is to review the history of the concept of wellbeing and “Quality of Life” (QoL), and to understand the theories and assumptions that ...
Ayuso Mateos, José Luis, Lucas, Ramona, Miret, Marta, Salvador-Carulla, Luis   +3 more
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Rapid identification of tumor patients with PG-SGA ≥ 4 based on machine learning: a prospective study

BMC Cancer
Background Malnutrition is common in cancer patients and worsens treatment and prognosis. The Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is the best tool to evaluate malnutrition, but it is complicated has limited its routine clinical use ...
Gui Qian, Huang Jiaxin, Cong minghua, Liu beijia, Li Yinfeng, Huang Guiyu, Yang Mingxue, Tang Xiaoli, Yan Hongyan   +8 more
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Nutritional profile of cancer patients treated at an outpatient oncology center in the south region of Brazil

Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2021
To evaluate the nutritional profile of cancer patients treated at an oncology center in South Brazil. This is a descriptive, exploratory and sectional study that was developed in a process that involved 100 patients aged between 18 and 75 years old ...
Rebecca Dias Zaia, Antonio Augusto Claudio Pereira, Gustavo Henrique Gandolfo Souza, Gabriela Grasso Pacheco, Alvo Orlando Vizzotto Junior, Tiago Ferrari, Ricardo Andreola, Ariana Ferrari   +7 more
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Improving the psychological evaluation of exercise referral: psychometric properties of the Exercise Referral Quality of Life Scale [PDF]

, 2015
There is a growing need to assess the psychological outcomes of exercise referral and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has called for the routine assessment of life-quality.
Bauman AE, Biddle SJH, Brukner PD, Costello AB, Department of Health (DH), Department of Health (DH), Department of Health (DH), Department of Health (DH), Department of Health (DH), Department of Health (DH), Department of Health (DH), Garrett NA, Health Survey for England (HSE), Health Survey for England (HSE), Health Survey for England (HSE), Hilton CE, Hunt SM, Marsh HW, Miller WR, Morgan O, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Riddoch C, Schunemann HJ, Spielberger CD, Ware JEJ, Yu CY   +28 more
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