ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2026
Nutrition information-seeking behavior among patients recovering at home after esophageal cancer surgery: a qualitative study.
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Objective: Patients after esophageal cancer surgery often have unmet nutritional information needs during home rehabilitation. However, research on how these patients acquire, understand, and apply nutritional information in real-life contexts remains limited. This study aims to explore the nutritional information-seeking behaviors of post-esophagectomy patients during home rehabilitation, in order to provide evidence for the development of continuous and individualized nutritional information support strategies. Methods: A descriptive qualitative design with purposive sampling was employed in this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 patients at a tertiary hospital in Guangdong Province, China, between November 2025 and January 2026. Thematic analysis was performed using NVivo 14.0 software to organize and interpret the data. Results: Four main themes emerged from the interviews: (1) multidimensional nutritional information needs; (2) Diversity of Information Sources; (3) barriers in the process of nutritional information seeking; and (4) behavioral patterns of nutritional information application. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that nutritional information seeking among patients recovering at home after esophageal cancer surgery is characterized by symptom-driven and fragmented patterns, with patients experiencing substantial difficulties in accessing, interpreting, and applying nutritional information. These findings highlight the need for continuous, individualized, and family-inclusive nutritional information support to strengthen long-term nutritional self-management during postoperative recovery.
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