TY - JOUR ID - 44890 TI - Prevalence of Malnutrition in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer in Yazd, Iran JO - International Journal of Nutrition Sciences JA - IJNS LA - en SN - 2538-1873 AU - Dadgarnia, Mohammad Hossein AU - Baradaranfar, Mohammad Hossein AU - Shirkhoda, Mohammad AU - Vaziribozorg, Sedighe AU - shirkhoda, shima AD - Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran AD - Department of Oncosurgery, Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 23 EP - 29 KW - Head KW - Neck KW - cancer KW - Malnutrition KW - Iran DO - 10.30476/ijns.2019.81441.1006 N2 - Background: Head and neck cancers are accounted for 4.9% of all cancers worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of malnutrition in patients with head and neck cancers in Yazd, Iran.Methods: Eighty-nine patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers who referred to a training clinic or a hospital were included in this cross sectional study. All patients were assessed for nutritional status by Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) questionnaire, and serum albumin and hemoglobin levels.Results: Bases on PG-SGA assessment, 49.4% of the patients had proper nutrition, 30.4% were at risk or suspected to malnutrition, and 20.2% had severe malnutrition. The prevalence of malnutrition was significantly related to gender of patients, type of treatment and the stage of the disease. There was no significant relationship between the prevalence of malnutrition and age, although the prevalence of severe malnutrition was higher at older ages.Conclusion: The prevalence of malnutrition among our patients was high. Nutritional evaluation is very important to detect patients at risk of malnutrition or with malnutrition and helps to choose the nutritional treatment. UR - https://ijns.sums.ac.ir/article_44890.html L1 - https://ijns.sums.ac.ir/article_44890_c9f0a46e18bc51370635fb696aa8354e.pdf ER -