Incidence and impact of food aversions among patients with cancer receiving outpatient chemotherapy: a one-year prospective survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the current incidence and impact of chemotherapy-associated food aversions in a variety of cancer types.

Methods

Cancer patients aged 18 years and older who received chemotherapy infusions at the outpatient chemotherapy unit of a university hospital between May 2022 and April 2023 were included in the study (n = 243). To monitor the occurrence of food aversions, participants were asked to complete a food preference questionnaire each time they visited the outpatient chemotherapy unit.

Results

During the one-year survey period, one in four cancer patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy developed food aversions, and one in four of them complained of interference with daily life due to eating problems at the same time or later. The median time to

SUBMITTER: Suka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579046 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature