Food insecurity and some associated socioeconomic factors among upper gastrointestinal cancer patients
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Food insecurity is defined as the limited or uncertain availability of enough food for an always active and healthy life. Cancer as debilitating and lifespan reductive disease causes many individual and social damages. The aim of this study was assessing food insecurity status and some associated socioeconomic factors in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 patients (72 males and 48 females with mean age 62.23 years) with upper gastrointestinal cancers including stomach and esophagus cancers hospitalized in the cancer institute of Iran in 2012. General and socioeconomic characteristics and food insecurity status assessed using socioeconomic and 18-item USDA household food security questionnaires. Stata11SE software was used for Statistical analyses. Percentage of food insecurity was 69.17%. Food insecurity was significantly associated to having children less than 18 years of age and low economic level. Since food insecurity in patients with esophagus and stomach cancers is more prevalent than others, it is essential to pay more attention for reduction of food insecurity in the society.
Authors and Affiliations
Milad Daneshi Maskooni| International Campus, School of nutritional sciences and dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh*| International Campus, School of nutritional sciences and dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mostafa Hosseini| Department of epidemiology and biostatistics, School of public health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Kazem Zendehdel| Cancer Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Arvin Kashani| International Campus, School of nutritional sciences and dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mahjoubeh Safarpour| International Campus, School of nutritional sciences and dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Hamed Jafari| Department of nutrition, School of nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Fatemeh Toorang| Cancer Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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