The changed meaning of food: Physical, social and emotional loss for patients having received radiation treatment for head and neck cancer
The changed meaning of food: Physical, social and emotional loss for patients having received radiation treatment for head and neck cancer
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ejon.2010.07.006
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发表时间：
2011-04-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Howell, Doris
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作者：
McQuestion, Maurene;Fitch, Margaret;Howell, Doris
目的：研究引起了人们对接受头颈部癌症治疗的患者所面临的挑战的关注，包括诊断和治疗对身体和情感的影响，减肥的影响，与饮食有关的挑战，以及患者解决营养问题的策略。在头颈部癌症人群中，关于与饮食问题相关的干扰和日常经验的影响以及这些变化的意义和意义的研究有限。方法：本文描述了一项关于头颈部癌症患者接受放射治疗的经验的更大研究的一部分。这篇文章报道了对17名参与者的一个副主题的深入分析，在最初的研究中，食物的意义发生了变化，主要主题是打乱了人们的期望和改变了生活方式。本文强调了参与者对他们的经历和治疗造成的干扰的看法，特别关注与食物含义变化相关的损失。结果与结论：头颈癌患者饮食意义的改变会造成生理、情感和社会方面的损失。认识到饮食问题的重要性和食物含义的变化是必要的，以便为患者提供适当的支持、策略和干预措施，以应对变化和损失。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Purpose: Research has drawn attention to the challenges that patients receiving treatment for head and neck cancers experience, including the physical and emotional impact of diagnosis and treatment, the effects of weight loss, challenges related to eating and strategies used by patients to address nutritional problems. There is limited research in head and neck cancer populations about the impact associated with the disruptions and daily experience related to eating problems and the meaning and significance of these changes.Methods: This article describes research that is part of a larger study about patients' experiences of receiving radiation for head and neck cancer. The article reports an in-depth analysis of one of the subthemes from 17 participants, the changed meaning of food that emerged within the overarching theme of disrupted expectations and changes in life routines in the original study. This paper highlights participants' perspectives about their experiences and the disruptions caused by treatment, with a specific focus on the losses associated with the changed meaning of food. Results &Conclusions: There are physical, emotional and social losses associated with a changed meaning of food for Head and Neck cancer patients. Acknowledging the significance of eating problems and the changed meaning of food is required in order to provide patients with the appropriate support, strategies and interventions to manage with the changes and losses. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.