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Performance of Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) in Patients With Advanced Cancer in Palliative Care

Authors :
Wilza Arantes Ferreira Peres
Emanuelly Varea Maria Wiegert
Patricia de Carvalho Padilha
Source :
Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 32:675-681
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Wiley, 2017.

Abstract

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) in patients receiving palliative care for advanced cancer. Methods The PG-SGA was used to assess nutrition status of 120 patients admitted to the Palliative Care Unit at the National Cancer Institute in Brazil. Results According to the PG-SGA, 94.2% (n = 113) of the patients were evaluated as malnourished. The PG-SGA evaluated that xerostomia was the only symptom associated with a short survival (odds ratio [OR], 2.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2-5.38; P = .014). Survival was found to be significantly higher in well-nourished (PG-SGA A) than malnourished (PG-SGA B [ P = .021] or C [ P = .013]) patients. Total PG-SGA score (hazard ratio [HR], 1.06; 95% CI, 1.001-1.09; P = .045) and Karnofsky Performance Status of 20%-30% (HR, 15.4; 95% CI, 1.63-92.9; P = .001) and 40%-50% (HR, 10.0; 95% CI, 1.22-64.9; P = .031) were found to be independent prognostic survival factors. Conclusion The scored PG-SGA is an independent prognostic factor of survival and thus can be a useful tool for nutrition evaluation in palliative care.

Details

ISSN :
19412452 and 08845336
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nutrition in Clinical Practice
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7a46bdea0294788449a7374d422e4425
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/0884533617725071