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Nutritional status and quality of life in adults undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Cioce, M., Botti, S., Lohmeyer, F. M., Galli, E., Magini, M., Giraldi, A., Garau, P., Celli, D., Zega, M., Sica, S., et al
International journal of hematology. 2022
Abstract
Although the effects of malnutrition on morbidity and mortality in adult patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are clear, the relationship with quality of life (QOL) is less clear. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between malnutrition and QOL. A prospective observational study was conducted in 36 adult patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Adapted criteria of the Global Leadership Initiative on malnutrition have been used for the diagnosis of malnutrition in clinical settings. A cancer linear analog scale was used to assess QOL. Overall QOL at 14 days after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was 37.1 (95% CI 2.9-45.39) in patients without severe malnutrition, versus 16.0 (95% CI - 6.6 to 38.6) in patients with severe malnutrition (pā=ā0.05). At discharge, it was 48.0 (95% CI 38.4-57.6) versus 34.0 (95% CI 4.1-63.9) (pā=ā0.27). The results of our study suggest that patients with severe malnutrition at discharge tend to have worse QOL. A larger cohort of patients is required to confirm this hypothesis.
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Effect of Early Nutritional Support on Quality of Life by EORTC QLQ-C30 in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Inden, A., Tsukahara, T., Tachibana, E., Nagata, Y., Ono, T., Kato, A.
Blood cell therapy. 2022;5(4):107-115
Abstract
PURPOSE Increasing attention is being paid to the importance of nutritional management of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) patients. However, few studies have conducted detailed evaluations of both nutritional intake and quality of life (QOL) in allo-HSCT patients. Therefore, we investigated the nutritional status and quality of life of our allo-HSCT patients. METHODS The subjects were 26 adults who underwent allo-HSCT at Hamamatsu University Hospital between August 2018 and October 2021. Early nutritional intervention was provided from the time of the decision to perform allo-HSCT to the time of discharge, and it incorporated regular QOL assessments. The analyzed indices were nutritional intake, anthropometric measurements, body mass index (BMI), grip strength, body composition analyzer (InBody S10) measurements, and blood laboratory values including transthyretin levels. QOL was assessed using the QLQ-C30 questionnaire of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) (version 3.0) and calculated according to the EORTC scoring manual. The indices were compared at pre-transplantation, 30 days post-transplantation, 60 days post-transplantation, and at discharge. The association between pre-transplantation nutritional status and QOL was examined. RESULTS The median hospital stay after transplantation was 97 days (range, 78-123 days). Energy intake was maintained at 31 kcal/day/kg through 30 days post-transplantation, 60 days post-transplantation, and discharge, and protein intake was maintained at 1.0 g/day/kg throughout all time periods. There was a significant positive correlation between the pre-transplantation transthyretin level and the 60-day post-transplantation QOL scores for "global health", "physical functioning", "cognitive functioning", and "emotional functioning", and there were significant negative correlations with "fatigue" and "pain" that indicated improvement. CONCLUSION Early nutritional management of allo-HSCT patients prior to transplantation allowed maintenance of nutritional intake, and higher pre-transplant transthyretin levels were associated with higher QOL scores at 60 days post-transplantation.