ワカバヤシ ヒデタカ   Wakabayashi Hidetaka
  若林 秀隆
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   教授・基幹分野長
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Skeletal muscle mass is associated with severe dysphagia in cancer patients.
掲載誌名 正式名:Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle
略  称:J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
ISSNコード:21905991/21905991
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 6(4),pp.351-357
著者・共著者 Wakabayashi Hidetaka, Matsushima Masato, Uwano Rimiko, Watanabe Naoko, Oritsu Hideyuki, Shimizu Yoshitaka
担当区分 筆頭著者,責任著者
発行年月 2015/12
概要 BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the association between skeletal muscle mass, activities of daily living (ADLs) and severe dysphagia in cancer patients.METHODS:A nested case-control study was performed in 111 consecutive cancer patients with dysphagia who were prescribed speech therapy. Skeletal muscle mass comprising the cross-sectional area of the left and right psoas muscles was assessed via abdominal computed tomography at the third lumbar vertebral level. ADLs were evaluated by the Barthel Index. The severity of dysphagia was assessed by the Food Intake Level Scale and was characterized by non-oral feeding or oral food intake at discharge. Univariate and logistic regression analyses were applied to examine the associations between dysphagia, skeletal muscle index (SMI) and ADLs.RESULTS:There were 86 men and 25 women (mean age, 70 years). The mean SMI was 5.68 ± 1.74 cm(2)/m(2) in men and 4.43 ± 1.21 cm(2)/m(2) in women. The median Barthel Index score was 20. Thirty-three patients were on non-oral feeding at discharge. The mean SMI did not differ significantly between non-oral feeding and oral food intake groups in t-test. The median Barthel Index score was lower in the non-oral feeding group in Mann-Whitney U test. Logistic regression analysis of the severity of dysphagia adjusted for age, sex, SMI, Barthel Index score, serum albumin, cancer type and stage, and vocal cord paralysis showed that SMI was associated independently with oral food intake at discharge. Barthel Index score showed a tendency to be associated with oral food intake.CONCLUSIONS:Skeletal muscle mass is associated with severe dysphagia in cancer patients. ADLs show a tendency to be associated with severe dysphagia in cancer patients.
DOI 10.1002/jcsm.12052
PMID 26673551