Treatment-related dietary changes among cancer hospitalized patients at Khartoum Hospital for Cans or Treatment (atom) -Sudan

Abstract:  Background: Patients undergoing cancer treatment experience many symptoms that can affect their ability to cope with many things such as eating certain types of foods during and after treatment.Nutrition is an important part of cancer treatment. Eating the right kinds of foods before, during, and after treatment can help you feel better and stay stronger. (1)

General objective:: the general  objective  of this study wase to  describe the dietary changes experienced by cancer patients associated with  different treatment types  

Specific objectives: wase To identify the nutritional and treatment disorders resulting among hospitalized patients , to Evaluate the nutritional intervention for the hospitalized cancer patients, To help the nutritionist, dietitian develop some programs to plan the appropriate meals for each patient according to the side effects due to  cancer treatment

Justification:  For our work in the field of nutrition, we need to better understand the relationship between treatment and diet among a larger and more diverse group of cancer patients and to know about hospital nutritional interventions that help relieve symptoms during treatment and improve quality of life.

Setting:   Khartoum Hospital for Tumors Treatment (atom) is the first hospital in Sudan for the treatment of tumors. It was established in the year 1967 after it was one of the therapeutic departments in Khartoum Teaching Hospital. To become a specialized center for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors, thyroid diseases and various blood cancers. The hospital includes various medical and service cadres The hospital provides diagnostic and treatment services . for about (8000) new cases annually in addition to periodic follow-up cases, and the hospital services extend to many patients in neighboring  . The number of patients with cancer has increased to 12 times during the previous years, despite this, it does not represent the real number of cancer patients .(2).

Method used: The descriptive analytical study was conducted By means of a questionnaire that was conducted with the hospitalized cancer patients   at Khartoum Hospital for Oncology (atom) which is considered the largest and first hospital in Sudan. Among who received treatment, to describe the dietary changes associated with different types of treatment  , that was in (November  2021), The information was  collect by  a questionnaire, which was distributed among  random selected patients (100(  The number of all beds in the hospital was 345, most of them long-staying, and the number of those who agreed to fill out the questionnaire was only 100 patients, who were included in the analysis   We first began by presenting the idea of the questionnaire questions, their purpose, and the freedom to answer or not  and then answering after approval. this questionnaire include demographic characteristics, (gender , marital status , age in years,   education level , occupation …) And questions about the health status, such as the type of cancer, duration  as well as questions about nutritional education and  the types of treatment ,  food services…

Study design: This cross-sectional study was conducted among hospitalized cancer patients at Khartoum Hospital for Oncology who received treatment, to describe the dietary changes associated with different types of treatment.

Sampling: The study targeted all inpatients at Khartoum Hospital for Oncology during November 2021, who had agreed to fill out the questionnaire, and they are the patients who were randomly selected, and all those who did not agree to filling out the questionnaire were excluded. Participants: The number of hospitalized patients who agreed to participate in the questionnaire was 100.  

Keywords:  cancer treatment, hospitalized patients, tumors, thyroid diseases.

Title: Treatment-related dietary changes among cancer hospitalized patients at Khartoum Hospital for Cans or Treatment (atom) -Sudan

Author: Wisal Abbas Mohammed Babiker, Mona Abdelgadir Ahmed Abuagla

International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research 

ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)

Vol. 10, Issue 4, October 2022 - December 2022

Page No: 317-324

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Published Date: 20-October-2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7231203

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