Application of the subjective global assessment produced by the patient (SGA-PPP) and analysis of the food intake of cancer patients: before and during treatment

• Autor(a) principal: da Paixao Rodrigues, Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: do Nascimento Costa, Flavilane Rayane, Alves Marcelino da Silva, Amanda, Ferro Cavalcante, Taisy Cinthia, Marinho de Souza, Thays Kallyne
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/791
• topic: Câncer; Consumo alimentar; Estado nutricional; Cancer; Food consumption; Nutritional status

The objective of this article is to apply the subjective global assessment produced by the patient (SGA-PPP) and to analyze the food consumption of cancer patients before and during chemotherapy treatment in a High Complexity Oncology Unit in the São Francisco Valley. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, conducted from March 2022 to February 2023. Patients who had recently been diagnosed with some type of cancer and who had not yet started treatment were included. The research was divided into two moments: evaluation before the beginning of treatment and after 3 to 4 months of the initial approach. Clinical, socioeconomic and demographic questionnaires, as well as the ELSA-Brazil Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) were applied to assess food consumption, as well as the SGA-PPP. Initially, 30 patients with a mean age of 60.20 ± 14.50 years were evaluated, and 40.00% (n=12) were reassessed. The most prevalent tumors were those of the gastrointestinal tract. In the initial evaluation, many patients already had a critical need for nutritional intervention. A comparison between the two research moments, with the patients reassessed, showed a worsening of the SGA-PPP score. As for food intake, the intake of fruits, vegetables and protein sources was more frequent in the reassessment, although many still do not consume daily. Thus, it is noteworthy that the increase in the percentages obtained in the FFQ reflected the frequency and not the amount consumed, since many patients reported a reduction in food intake in the SGA-PPP.  It is concluded that chemotherapy can impact food intake and worsen nutritional status, thus demonstrating the importance of nutritional monitoring of these patients.