Nutritional Status and Its Determinants among Adult Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of adult cancer patients undertaking chemotherapy treatment at HUCSH, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2021.
Variables
Category
Frequency
Percent
Cancer type
Breast cancer
79
25.5
GI cancera
74
23.9
Gynecological cancerb
68
21.9
Hematological cancer
57
18.4
Lung cancer
17
5.5
Prostate cancer
15
4.8
Duration of illness
<12 months
218
70.3
12–24 months
29
9.4
25–36 months
22
7.1
37–48 months
16
5.2
49–60 months
14
4.5
>60 months
11
3.5
Cycle of chemotherapy
Two
63
20.3
Three
62
20
Four
89
28.7
Five and above
96
31
Stage of cancer
Stage I
18
5.8
Stage II
68
21.9
Stage III
131
42.3
Stage IV
93
30
Comorbidity
No comorbidity
239
77.1
Hypertension
39
12.6
DM
16
5.2
Cardiac diseases
9
2.9
Otherc
7
2.3
WHO performance status
<2
97
29.9
≥2
227
70.1
Anxiety
Normal
192
59.3
Border line
83
25.6
Case
49
15.1
Depression
Normal
164
50.6
Border line
90
27.8
Case
70
21.6
a, GI cancer: esophageal, gastric, and colorectal cancers. b, gynecologic cancer: ovarian and cervical cancers.
