Partnering with families to promote nutrition in cancer care: feasibility and acceptability of the PIcNIC intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is frequent in patients with cancer, particularly those in advanced stages of the disease. The aim of the present study was to test the feasibility of a family-centred nutritional intervention, based on the Family Systems theory and past research.

Methods

This was a single-arm trial assessing feasibility (eligibility, recruitment and retention rates); acceptability by patients, family caregivers and health professionals; intervention fidelity, and energy/protein intake (in one site only). Two sites were involved; one each in Australia (AUS) and Hong Kong (HK), with one site delivering the intervention to oncology patients receiving curative treatments in the hospital, and the other to advanced cancer patients in the home.

Results

The sample inc

SUBMITTER: Molassiotis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859412 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature