Asian Oncol Nurs.  2015 Dec;15(4):219-227. 10.5388/aon.2015.15.4.219.

Factors Associated with Early Nutritional Status after Radical Gastrectomy in Patients with Gastric Cancer

• Kim B
• Choi JY

• KMID: 2168730
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2015.15.4.219

Abstract

PURPOSE
The aims of this study was to identify factors associated with nutritional status after radical gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer at the post 1 month and the post 3-6 months independently.
METHODS
Participants consisted of 107 patients at the post 1 month and 131 patients at the post 3-6 months after radical gastrectomy. Data were collected from October 1, 2013 to May 14, 2014 using a Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).
RESULTS
Stepwise multiple regression showed that factors associated with nutritional status at 1 month after radical gastrectomy were age (beta=.55, p<.001), anxiety (beta=.25, p=.007), and depression (beta=.23, p=.017), which explained the 42.6% of total variance of nutritional status. However, factors associated with nutritional status at 3-6 months after radical gastrectomy were depression (beta=.41, p=.017), return to work (beta=.20, p<.001), and age (beta=.29, p=.024), which explained 27.1% of the total variance of nutritional status.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, oncology nurses should be sensitive to the risk group of aged, depressed, anxious and delayed return to work patients for nutritional status during the early recovery period after radical gastrectomy.

Keyword

Stomach Neoplasms; Gastrectomy; Nutritional Status

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Depression
Gastrectomy*
Humans
Nutritional Status*
Return to Work
Stomach Neoplasms*

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