Abstract:

Objective  To explore the actual effect of diary for diet management program on improving the nutritional status of discharged elderly patients after surgery for esophageal cancer.

Methods  A total of 100 elderly patients with esophageal cancer who underwent surgery for the first time were selected as the research subjects. Among them, 50 patients treated from February 2019 to October 2019 served as the control group, and 50 patients treated from November 2019 to October 2020 served as the experimental group. The patients in the control group received routine nutrition management and the patients in the experimental group were given diary for diet management program on this basis. The changes in body weight and body mass index(BMI), serum albumin(ALB), prealbumin(PAB), hemoglobin(Hb), and incidence of nutritional risk of the two groups were observed and analyzed at one month after intervention.

Results  At one month after intervention, the body weight and BMI of the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group(P＜0.05). The levels of ALB and PAB in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P＜0.05). There was no significant difference in Hb between two groups(P＞0.05). The incidence of nutritional risk in experimental group was lower than that in control group(P＜0.05).

Conclusion  Applying the diary for diet management program to discharged elderly patients after surgery for esophageal cancer can improve the nutritional status of patients to a certain extent and benefit patients.

Key words: esophageal neoplasms, nutritional status, diary for diet, elderly patients