Zhu 2019.
Methods | RCT. |
Participants | 114 participants with gastrointestinal cancer and at nutritional risk treated with surgery . |
Interventions | Dietary guidance from a physician plus ONS versus dietary guidance from a physician alone. |
Outcomes | Anthropometry, biochemical status, infections, complications, GI functional status, QoL. |
Notes | This study meets the inclusion criteria for comparison 3 (dietary advice plus ONS versus dietary advice alone). |
ADL: activities of daily living APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chroic Health Evaluation BMI: body mass index COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease EN: enteral nutrition FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second FFMI: fat‐free mass index GI: gastrointestinal GP: general practitioner IADL: instrumental activities of daily living HE: hepatic encephalopathy LASA: longitudinal Amsterdam aging study questionnaire MAC: mid‐arm circumference MAMC: mid‐arm muscle circumference MNA: mini nutritional assessment MUST: malnutrition universal screening tool NUTRIC: nutrition risk in critically ill ONS: oral nutritional supplement PG‐SGA: patient‐generated subjective global assessment PN: parenteral nutrition QoL: quality of life RCT: randomised controlled trial SGA: subjective global assessment SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment TSF: triceps skinfold thickness TUG: timed up and go VAS: visual analogue scale