Nutritional Risk and Physical Activity on Quality of Life in Patients with Colorectal Cancer (original) (raw)

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© 2014 Korean Oncology Nursing Society

Original Article

Hee Jung Kim,1 Sang Hui Chu,2 Ji Soo Yoo,2 and Nam Kyu Kim3

Received February 19, 2014; Accepted June 20, 2014.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to investigate nutritional risk, physical activity, and quality of life (QoL) and the interaction of these factors in colorectal cancer patients.

Methods

Participants were colorectal cancer patients receiving follow-up treatment at the colorectal cancer outpatient clinic of Severance Hospital in Seoul. Participants were recruited from October 25 to November 30, 2010. The survey questionnaire consisted of Nutritional Risk Score (NRS), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - scales for Colorectal Cancer (FACT-C).

Results

NRSs were significantly higher in patients with low BMI (F=18.63, p<.001) and those who were underwent colorectal surgery within 1 month (F=5.96, p<.001). Physical activity level of the participants was 28.96METs. Lower nutritional risk was associated with a higher QoL (r= - .34, p<.001). In a multiple regression analysis, the predictors of QoL were the age, economic status, and nutritional risk of the patient (R2=40.0%).

Conclusions

Targeted tailored nursing interventions are needed to assess nutritional risks in order to improve colorectal cancer patients' QoL.

Keywords

Colorectal Neoplasms; Nutrition Disorders; Physical Activity; Quality of Life

This article is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from Yonsei University.

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