Christopher G Thompson, Brandie Semma
An alternative approach to frequentist meta-analysis: A demonstration of Bayesian meta-analysis in adolescent development research
Journal of adolescence
malnutrition prevalent among individuals gastric cancer notably decreases quality life qol however factors impacting qol yet clearly defined study aimed identify essential factors impacting qol malnourished patients suffering gastric cancer using patientgenerated subjective global assessment pgsga assess nutritional status 4 defined malnutrition hospitalized cancer patients 4586 gastric cancer patients ultimately defined malnourished spearman method used calculate relationship clinical features european organization research treatment cancer quality life questionnaire eortc qlqc30 univariate multivariate logistic regression used observe factors affected qol subgroup analysis performed young old population respectively addition used univariate multivariate logistic regression explore whether selfreported frequent symptoms last 2 weeks pgsga score affected qol multivariate logistic regression analysis clinical features patients malnourished gastric cancer women stage ii stage iv wl independent correlation low global qol scores however bmi secondary education higher education surgery chemotherapy hgs independent correlation high global qol scores multivariate logistic regression analysis symptoms selfreported pgsga scores patients malnourished gastric cancer problem eating independent correlation high global qol scores however appetite nausea vomiting constipation pain independent correlation lower global qol scores p values statistical results 005 study demonstrates qol malnourished patients gastric cancer determined female sex stage ii stage iv bmi secondary higher education surgery chemotherapy wl hgs patients selfreported symptoms nearly 2 weeks obtained using pgsga also predictive malnourished gastric cancer patients detecting preliminary indicators low qol could aid identifying patients might benefit early referral palliative care assisted nursing