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Survey on Dietary Restrictions for Neutropenic Patients  

Jeon, Ok-Kyung (Department of Nursing, Pusan National University Hospital)
Yim, Si-Eun (Department of Nursing, Pusan National University Hospital)
Jeong, Ihn-Sook (College of Nursing, Pusan National University)
Yun, Eun-Young (Department of Nursing, Silla University)
Kim, Mi-Hyun (Department of Nursing, Pusan National University Hospital)
Park, Yun-Sun (Department of Nursing, Pusan National University Hospital)
Lee, Su-Ran (Department of Nursing, Pusan National University Hospital)
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Asian Oncology Nursing / v.10, no.2, 2010 , pp. 210-217 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This survey was aimed to examine the current dietary restrictions practices for neutropenic patients among hospitals with 500 and more beds. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were sent to 100 head or charge nurses of oncology or hemato-oncology wards by mail during October 2009, and 51 questionnaires were returned. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics using SPSS (WIN version 12.0). Results: Of the hospitals surveyed, 47.1% (n=24) had guidelines on the dietary restrictions, and 80.4% (n=41) placed patients with neutropenia on restricted diets. The major decisional criteria of the dietary restriction was absolute neutrophil count (30.5%) and cooking status (29.2%). The most commonly restricted foods were raw fish or fresh meat (98.0%), uncooked intestine (98.0%), raw eggs (98.0%), draught beer (96.1%), and fresh fruits or vegetables (86.3%). Conclusion: The results showed variation in pattern of dietary restrictions and lower rate of guideline among hospitals, so that the need for the standard dietary restriction guideline is high. However, the role of diet in the development of infection in neutropenic patients is still unclear, which makes it difficult to establish dietary restriction guideline. Therefore, additional research are required to identify the relationship between dietary factors and infections.
Keywords
Neutropenia; Dietary restriction;
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