Eating ability predicts subsequent quality of life in Chinese patients with breast, liver, lung, or nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A longitudinal analysis

摘要: Eating dysfunction is a well-recognized consequence of orophagic tract cancers, but also occurs with other cancers. There relative absence data assessing the impact eating function on QoL in cancer populations than those disease oro-phagic tract. We assessed longitudinal changes and quality life (QoL), examined whether predicted over time sample Chinese patients breast, lung, liver, nasopharyngeal Overall, 1 079 or carcinoma were during their first outpatient visit (baseline) at two follow-up interviews (FU1 FU2). Three dimensions function, including ability, appetite, enjoyment, using three 11-point self-rated items. was measured by version Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy-General Scale (FACT-G (Ch)). Linear mixed effects (LME) models evaluated mean differences an...