A poorer nutritional status impacts quality of life in a sample population of elderly cancer patients.
Tatiane Correia RiosLucivalda Pereira Magalhães de OliveiraMaria Lúcia Varjão da CostaRamona Souza da Silva Baqueiro BoulhosaAnna Karla Carneiro RorizLilian Barbosa RamosAllain Amador BuenoPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2021)
Poorer nutritional status was significantly associated with worsened physical, social, emotional and functional well-being QoL domains in elderly cancer patients. Poorer nutritional status is an independent risk factor for worsened QoL. Future policies aimed at particularly vulnerable populations may improve QoL and health outcomes.