Integration of palliative, supportive, and nutritional care to alleviate eating-related distress among advanced cancer patients with cachexia and their family members

Critical Reviews in Oncology/hematology
Koji AmanoJane B Hopkinson

Abstract

Advanced cancer patients with cachexia and their families can suffer from eating-related distress. This complex entity encompasses patients' struggle to nourish themselves, emotional and social consequences of their inability to maintain food intake, and profound disturbance in family relationships. With evidence-based nutritional care, as well as symptom management to enable food intake, cachexia can be mitigated to some degree. In addition, patients and families require psychosocial support and education to understand and cope with this condition. Only by taking an integrated approach can health care teams alleviate eating-related distress, improve quality of life (QOL), reduce interpersonal conflicts, and alter perceptions of nutritional neglect for patients and families. However, few studies have investigated eating-related distress among patients and families. The aim of this narrative review is to describe what is known about eating-related distress and the roles of integrated palliative, supportive, and nutritional care in improving QOL of patients and families.

Citations

May 21, 2020·Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology·Eric J RoelandCharles L Loprinzi
Jan 28, 2021·The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care·Zhimeng JiaCynthia X Pan
Aug 11, 2020·Clinical Nutrition : Official Journal of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Koji AmanoUNKNOWN East-Asian collaborative cross-cultural Study to Elucidate the Dying process (EASED) Investigators
Feb 4, 2021·Deutsches Ärzteblatt International·Mitra TewesChristoph Ostgathe
Sep 17, 2021·Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing·Tateaki Naito

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