Online Survey of Nutrition Status in Chinese Non-hospitalized Cancer Patients

Online Survey of Nutritional Status and Dietary Intakes in Chinese Non-hospitalized Patients With Cancer

This is a national-wide online survey, which aims to investigate the nutritional status and dietary intakes in Chinese discharged patients with cancer. It will provide relevant data for the "White Paper on Nutritional Diet of Cancer Patients in China", and also provide reference for the relevant work of nutrition support for cancer patients in clinical practice.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Survey; Nutrition Status; Cancer Patient

Detailed Description

Nutritional status has significant impact on clinical outcome and quality of life in patients with cancer. Current surveys show that about 30-80% of patients with cancer have nutritional risk and/or malnutrition, and about 20% of the patients' death are directly caused by malnutrition. Appropriate and standardized nutrition therapy might not only improve the nutritional status, but also the clinical outcomes of patients with cancer, and improve their life quality and dignity.

At present, there is still lack of large-scale investigation and research on nutritional status and dietary intakes in discharged patients with cancer in China, and thus affects the overall level of nutritional management for cancer patients, as well as the formation of related guideline.

Therefore, we will conduct a national-wide cross-sectional online survey, which aim to investigate relevant data of nutritional status and dietary intakes among discharged patients with cancer. Data will be collected through an online semi-structured questionnaire using WeChat forms with a consent form. The link to the questionnaire was sent through emails, WeChat App groups, and other social media. The participants were encouraged to roll out the survey, and send the link to more patients as they could. On receiving and clicking the link, the participants will be directed to the information about the study and informed consent. After they accept to take the survey, they will fill up the demographic details and answer a set of questions related to nutritional status and dietary intake investigation.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 6685

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100730
      • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The populations of the discharged patients with cancer who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in the online survey will be included in this study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Clinical diagnosis of cancer Must be able to use WeChat or related social media Fully understood and voluntarily signed the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Hospitalized patients Pregnant and lactating women Be known to have any psychiatric illness Refused to share the data or no network condition

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
the prevalence of nutritional risk	the prevalence of nutritional risk according to NRS-2002 criteria	baseline
the prevalence of dietary reduction and weight loss	the the prevalence of dietary reduction and weight loss	baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
nutrition support of discharged cancer patients	the description of nutrition support methods of Chinese discharged cancer patients	baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 10, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 10, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 25, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 28, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): March 3, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 8, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 4, 2021
• Last Verified: July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Cancer; Nutrition status; Discharged patients; online survey
• Other Study ID Numbers: Online-Nutr-Cancer 2021

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No