HUBUNGAN ASUPAN MAKAN DAN STATUS GIZI PADA PASIEN KANKER SERVIKS POST KEMOTERAPI

Abstract

Backgroud: Cervical cancer is one of the deadliest cancer in women. Virus HPV (human papilloma virus) infection is the main cause of cervical cancer. One of the treatment method is chemotherapy, a systemic treatment which aim was to slow the growth of the cancer cells. The side effects of chemotherapy is nausea and vomiting which will affect food intake. Chemotherapy can also affect the nutritional status of patients Objective: The purpose of this research is to know the association between food intake and nutritional status of cervical cancer patient post chemotherapy Method: The method of this research was observation with cross sectional design. The sampling technique was consecutive sampling which resulted in 29 samples by considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The food intake data was taken using 24 hours recall for 3 days, and the nutritional status was taken using mid upper arm cimcunference (MUAC). Data was analyzed with Spearman test and ordinal logistic regression test. Result: The result of this research showed that there are no association between food intake and nutritional status post chemotherapy (p=0,221). Multivariate analysis with ordinal logistic regressio) showed that there are no association between age, cancer stadium and frequency of chemotherapy to nutritional status. With p value, p=0,881 for age, cancer stadium p=0,532 dan frequency of chemotherapy p=0,132. Conclusion: Food intake of cervical cancer patients post chemotherapy is mostly bad. The hospital is expected to increase the patient's food intake to support treatment. Keywords: Cervical cancer, Nutritional Status, Food Intake, Chemotherapy