Table 5.
Taste, smell, appetite and hunger scores from AHSP questionnaire for the breast cancer patients during chemotherapy and comparison group during follow up (mean ± SE) and the association of AHSP categories with energy intake (kcal). Higher scores indicate a more positive self-judgement on the categories of the questionnaire. β for energy intake is the difference in energy intake (kcal) per 1 unit higher score within ASHP category
| Category | Range | Score questionnaire (mean ± SE) |
Estimate (β) for energy intake (kcal)a
(95% CI) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison group | Patient group | Difference | |||
| Taste | 8–40 | 30.9 ± 0.71 | 22.0 ± 0.57 | −8.9* (−10.4; −7.5) |
16.4* (7.0; 25.8) |
| Smell | 6–30 | 23.3 ± 0.42 | 20.6 ± 0.42 | −2.7* (−3.7; −1.8) |
11.9 (−5.0; 28.7) |
| Appetite | 6–30 | 24.7 ± 0.40 | 18.7 ± 0.50 | −6.0* (−7.0; −5.0) |
26.5* (14.4; 38.5) |
| Hunger | 9–45 | 38.3 ± 0.70 | 32.5 ± 0.70 | −5.8* (−7.4; −4.3) |
24.5* (15.1; 33.9) |
aAdjusted for age, BMI, education level, smoking status
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