Validation of NUTRIFICO Mnemonic as a Nutritional Approach and Communication of Breaking Difficult News in Palliative Care

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https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2024v70n1.4415

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Palliative Care, Diet, Food, and Nutrition, Delphi Technique, Communication, Validation Study

Abstract

Introduction: Nutritional assistance in palliative care has a preventive role and seeks to ensure the patient's nutritional needs in an attempt to help to control the symptoms, maintain satisfactory hydration, reframe food, reduce anxiety, delay the development of cachexia, preserve weight and nutritional composition. Objective: To develop and validate the NUTRIFICO mnemonic as an approach to nutritional assistance and communication of poor news in palliative care. Method: Research development and validation of content utilizing the Delphi technique with the application of a mixed design with qualitative and quantitative approaches for data collection and analysis. The participants, nutritionists with experience in palliative care and/or training in the area, were recruited by sampling using the snowball method. The minimum agreement percentage defined for validation was 80% on the five-point Likert scale. Results: Forty participants were invited to participate in the study, including eight “seeds” and 16 signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF). The content analysis followed two Delphi rounds, an agreement rate greater than 80% was obtained among participants for all the components. The final version of the NUTRIFICO mnemonic presented two key principles, eight components and twelve recommendations. Conclusion: The mnemonic NUTRIFICO was validated in terms of content and relevant for the application in the nutritional approach and communication of poor news in palliative care.

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2023-12-22

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da Silva Barros E, Barros Nascimento AL, Paula Pontes D, Fonseca Dias C, Faria de Almeida Silva M, dos Santos Andrade AD, Simões de Freitas C, Lauar Gonçalves J. Validation of NUTRIFICO Mnemonic as a Nutritional Approach and Communication of Breaking Difficult News in Palliative Care. Rev. Bras. Cancerol. [Internet]. 2023 Dec. 22 [cited 2024 May 13];70(1):e-014415. Available from: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/4415

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