Clinical Nutrition Open Science (Dec 2021)

The prevalence of artificially administered nutrition and hydration in different age groups among patients with advanced cancer admitted to palliative care units

  • Koji Amano,
  • Eriko Satomi,
  • Shunsuke Oyamada,
  • Hiroto Ishiki,
  • Akihiro Sakashita,
  • Tomofumi Miura,
  • Isseki Maeda,
  • Yutaka Hatano,
  • Toshihiro Yamauchi,
  • Kiyofumi Oya,
  • Jun Nakagawa,
  • Yusuke Hiratsuka,
  • Takeshi Hirohashi,
  • Tatsuya Morita,
  • Masanori Mori,
  • Satoshi Inoue,
  • Naosuke Yokomichi,
  • Kengo Imai,
  • Hiroaki Tsukuura,
  • Akemi Shirado Naito,
  • Yu Uneno,
  • Akira Yoshioka,
  • Shuji Hiramoto,
  • Ayako Kikuchi,
  • Tetsuo Hori,
  • Yosuke Matsuda,
  • Hiroyuki Kohara,
  • Hiromi Funaki,
  • Keiko Tanaka,
  • Kozue Suzuki,
  • Tina Kamei,
  • Yukari Azuma,
  • Teruaki Uno,
  • Jiro Miyamoto,
  • Hirofumi Katayama,
  • Hideyuki Kashiwagi,
  • Eri Matsumoto,
  • Takeya Yamaguchi,
  • Tomonao Okamura,
  • Hoshu Hashimoto,
  • Shunsuke Kosugi,
  • Nao Ikuta,
  • Yaichiro Matsumoto,
  • Takashi Ohmori,
  • Takehiro Nakai,
  • Takashi Ikee,
  • Yuto Unoki,
  • Kazuki Kitade,
  • Shu Koito,
  • Nanao Ishibashi,
  • Masaya Ehara,
  • Kosuke Kuwahara,
  • Shohei Ueno,
  • Shunsuke Nakashima,
  • Yuta Ishiyama,
  • Ryo Matsunuma,
  • Hana Takatsu,
  • Takashi Yamaguchi,
  • Satoko Ito,
  • Toru Terabayashi,
  • Tetsuya Yamagiwa,
  • Akira Inoue,
  • Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
  • Mitsunori Miyashita,
  • Saran Yoshida,
  • Keita Tagami,
  • Hiroaki Watanabe,
  • Takuya Odagiri,
  • Tetsuya Ito,
  • Masayuki Ikenaga,
  • Keiji Shimizu,
  • Akira Hayakawa,
  • Rena Kamura,
  • Takeru Okoshi,
  • Tomohiro Nishi,
  • Kazuhiro Kosugi,
  • Yasuhiro Shibata,
  • Takayuki Hisanaga,
  • Takahiro Higashibata,
  • Ritsuko Yabuki,
  • Shingo Hagiwara,
  • Miho Shimokawa,
  • Satoshi Miyake,
  • Junko Nozato,
  • Tetsuji Iriyama,
  • Keisuke Kaneishi,
  • Mika Baba,
  • Yoshihisa Matsumoto,
  • Ayumi Okizaki,
  • Yuki Sumazaki Watanabe,
  • Yuko uehara,
  • Kaoru Nishijima,
  • Junichi Shimoinaba,
  • Ryoichi Nakahori,
  • Jun Hamano,
  • Natsuki Kawashima,
  • Takashi Kawaguchi,
  • Megumi Uchida,
  • Ko Sato,
  • Yoichi Matsuda,
  • Satoru Tsuneto,
  • Sayaka Maeda,
  • Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
  • Hiroyuki Otani

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40
pp. 69 – 78

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Summary: Background & Aims: The prevalence of artificially administered nutrition and hydration (AANH) in different age groups among patients with advanced cancer remains unknown. The present study investigated the current utilization of AANH according to age groups in palliative care units. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study. We obtained information on primary nutritional administration routes during the first week of admission and data on the averaged calorie sufficiency rate or total calorie intake on the 7th day of admission. Patients were divided into five age groups (18–39, 40–59, 60–74, 75–89, and 90- years). Among patients receiving AANH, the proportions of higher-calorie AANH were compared between the five age groups. Results: A total of 1453 patients were included. The proportion of patients categorized as receiving nutrition and hydration via the parenteral route was the highest in the 18–39 and 40–59 groups (52.4 and 41.1%, respectively). Among patients receiving AANH (n = 534), the proportions of patients categorized into the <25% or <250 kcal/day group were 57.9% in all groups, 18.2% in the 18–39 group, and 50.0–66.4% in the other groups. The proportions of ≥50% or ≥500 kcal/day and ≥25% or ≥250 kcal/day in each age group significantly decreased with age (p = 0.003 and 0.002, respectively). Conclusion: The present results revealed large variations in the use of AANH in different age groups and indicate that AANH was more frequently utilized in younger age groups in palliative care units.

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