Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26878015›Full record

ArticleAnnals of surgical treatment and research2016

Effects of intensive nutrition education on nutritional status and quality of life among postgastrectomy patients.

Hye Ok Lee, So Ra Han, Sung Il Choi, Jung Joo Lee, Sang Hyun Kim, Hong Seok Ahn, Hyunjung Lim

Open access · hybridAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Annals of surgical treatment and research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Trial
  4. Trial
  5. Multi-institutional prospective feasibility study to explore tolerability and efficacy of oral nutritional supplements for patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy (CCOG1301).Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2017
    Trial
  6. Trial
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Observational
  10. Lessons learned from 150 total gastrectomies for prevention of cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2025
    Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. The role of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and biochemical markers in predicting anemia patients with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
    Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hye Ok LeeNutrition Team, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea.
So Ra HanDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
Sung Il ChoiDepartment of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea.
Jung Joo LeeNutrition Team, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea.
Sang Hyun KimDepartment of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea.
Hong Seok AhnDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
Hyunjung LimDepartment of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea.; Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong · KRSungshin Women's University · KRKyung Hee University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe examined the effects of 3 months of intensive education (IE) after hospital discharge compared to conventional education (CE) on nutritional status and quality of diet and life among South Korean gastrectomy patients.

methodsThe study was conducted among 53 hospitalized gastrectomy in-patients (IE group, n = 28; CE group, n = 25) at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong. Baseline data were collected from electronic medical records and additional information was gathered via anthropometric measurements, assessment of nutritional status through a patient-generated, subjective global assessment (PG-SGA), diet assessment, and measures of self-efficacy and satisfaction with meals for 3 months following hospital discharge.

resultsTotal PG-SGA scores were significantly higher in the CE group than in the IE group at 3-week post-discharge (5.2 in the IE group vs. 10.4 in the CE group, P < 0.001), with higher scores indicating a greater severity of malnutrition. Energy intake over the 3 months increased in both the IE group (from 1,390 to 1,726 kcal/day) and the CE group (from 1,227 to 1,540 kcal/day). At 3-week post-discharge, the IE group had significantly higher daily protein and fat intake (P < 0.05). Self-efficacy improved in each category (P < 0.001), except for 'difficulty eating adequate food'. When assessing satisfaction with meals, there was a difference in the 'satisfaction with the current meal size' (P < 0.001) and 'satisfaction with the menu content' (P < 0.001).

conclusionNutritional status among gastrectomy patients in the IE group improved. Relative to the CE control, the IE group demonstrated improved self-efficacy and meal satisfaction 3-week post-discharge.

Indexed as

GastrectomyNutritional statusNutrition assessmentNutrition therapyStomach neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID26878015
PMCPMC4751149
OpenAlexW2272793799

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.