ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2012
Adapted ice cream as a nutritional supplement in cancer patients: impact on quality of life and nutritional status.
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- How quality of life is measured in studies of nutritional intervention: a systematic review.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review examining nutrition support interventions in patients with incurable cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Nutritional interventions in cancer management: a comprehensive scoping review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- What about the Use of Ice Cream as a Supplementary Diet in Chronic Kidney Disease? A Case-Control Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Aging and the (Chemical) Senses: Implications for Food Behaviour Amongst Elderly Consumers.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Adolescent dairy product and calcium intake in relation to later prostate cancer risk and mortality in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2020Article
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Abstract
aimsThe aim of this study was to assess the impact of adapted ice cream as a dietary supplement on the quality of life (QLQ) of malnourished patients with cancer. MATERIAL AND
methodsWe present an exploratory prospective observational study comparing two patterns of nutrition in cancer patients admitted during the study period who presented malnutrition disorders: adapted ice cream (Group I: 39 patients) and nutritional supplements (Group II: 31 patients). Patients were selected from two different hospitals from the same Oncologic Institute. QLQ was evaluated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and QLQ of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ C30). Nutrition was determined by the PG-SGA test.
resultsHADS showed significant differences in anxiety (p = 0.023) and depression (p = 0.011) at the end of the study only in Group I. QLQ-C30 revealed statistically significant differences in baseline measures of global dimension between the two groups (Group I: 40.64-56.36 CI; Group II: 25.70-43.11 CI; p = 0.017). Differences were also present in the social dimension (Group I: 77.42-93.51 CI; Group II: 55.85-82.85 CI; p = 0.039). Statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups at the end of the study in the global scale: Group I had 49.36-63.88 CI and Group II had 33.05-51.88 CI (p = 0.016), and in the fatigue scale: Group I had 36.19-53.83 CI and Group II had mean = 65.87, 52.50-79.23 CI (p = 0.007).
conclusionsThe administration of ice cream could cover, in part, the social aspect of food and improve QLQ in malnourished cancer patients. These results are encouraging and deserve further confirmation.
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