RT Journal Article
T1 Relationship between malnutrition and the presence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in hospitalized cancer patients
A1 Sánchez-Torralvo, Francisco José
A1 Contreras-Bolívar, Victoria
A1 Ruiz-Vico, María
A1 Abuín-Fernández, José
A1 González-Almendros, Inmaculada
A1 Barrios, Manuel
A1 Olveira-Fuster, Gabriel María
K1 Cancer
AB Background Anxiety and depression are a common issue in patients with cancer, yet understudied among hospitalizedpatients. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptomatology in cancer inpatientsand its relationship with malnutrition.Methods Cross-sectional study in hospitalized cancer patients. A nutritional assessment was done using the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria to diagnose malnutrition. Data regarding anxiety and depression symptomatology was obtained with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).Results A total of 282 inpatients were assessed. GLIM criteria found 20% (66) of well-nourished and 80% (216) with malnutrition. HADS presented an average score of 8.3±4.4 with respect to anxiety and an average score of 7.7±4.6 with respectto depression. Up to 54% of the patients showed a possible presence of anxiety, and 45.3% of them showed a possible presence of depression. In malnourished patients, HADS score was non-signifcantly higher with respect to anxiety (8.5±4.3 inmalnourished vs 7.1±4.6 in well-nourished; p=0.06) and was signifcantly higher with respect to depression (8.2±4.6 inmalnourished vs 5.3±4.0 in well-nourished; p<0.001). After controlling for potential confounders, malnourished patientswere 1.98 times more likely to present anxious symptomatology (95% CI 1.01–3.98; p=0.049) and 6.29 times more likelyto present depressive symptomatology (95% CI 1.73–20.47; p=0.005).Conclusions The presence of anxiety and depression symptomatology in oncological inpatients is high. There is an association between malnutrition and presenting anxious and depressive symptomatology in hospitalized cancer patients
PB Springer
YR 2021
FD 2021-09-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24033
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24033
LA eng
NO Sánchez-Torralvo, F.J., Contreras-Bolívar, V., Ruiz-Vico, M. et al. Relationship between malnutrition and the presence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in hospitalized cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 30, 1607–1613 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06532-y
NO This research was funded in part by the 2017 research grants of SAEDYN (Sociedad Andaluza de Endocrinología, Diabetes yNutrición) and SANCYD (Sociedad Andaluza de Nutrición Clínica y Dietética) and an unrestricted grant from Abbott Laboratories SA(Spain). V.C.-B. is funded by postdoctoral fellowships from the Junta de Andalucía (RH-0141–2020). Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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