Wanelia Afonso

ORCID: 0000-0002-5315-5730
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Research Areas
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Palliative and Oncologic Care

Ministério da Saúde
2022-2023

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2016-2023

Instituto Nacional do Câncer
2021

Abstract Background Changesin nutritional status can constitute a risk factor for reduced tolerance and effectiveness of antineoplastic treatment. Knowledge the pediatric patients is important implementing interventions to improve outcomes. We aimed evaluate at diagnosis throughout therapy in with solid tumors. Objectives To study prevalence malnutrition diagnosis, compare different assessment tools, examine longitudinal changes during treatment tumors Brazilian institution. Methods This...

10.1002/pbc.29317 article EN Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2021-09-07

Abstract Background Methods for assessing nutritional status in children and adolescents with cancer is a difficult clinical practice. The study aimed to evaluate the performance of Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment (SGNA) predicting outcomes Brazil. This was prospective cohort multicenter study. It included 723 aged 2–18 years between March 2018 August 2019. assessment performed according World Health Organization recommendations using SGNA within 48h hospitalization. Unplanned...

10.1002/cam4.4837 article EN Cancer Medicine 2022-05-30

Objetivo: Realizar a equivalência semântica da Avaliação Nutricional Subjetiva Global Pediátrica e sua adaptação para língua portuguesa aplicação em pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados com câncer. Métodos: O processo de envolveu as seguintes etapas: tradução, síntese das traduções, retrotradução, discussão comitê especialistas pré-teste, etapas que aconteceram na Universidade Federal do Rio Janeiro no Instituto Nacional Câncer José Alencar Gomes Silva. questionário foi pré-testado 32...

10.1590/1678-98652016000200006 article PT Revista de Nutrição 2016-02-25

ABSTRACT Objective Cross-cultural adaptation and content validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment questionnaire (originally in English) for use hospitalized children adolescents being treated a reference institute oncology. Methods The cross-cultural process consisted following stages: conceptual, item, semantic, operational equivalence. conceptual equivalence item was carried out through discussion with members an expert committee. Semantic...

10.1590/1678-98652017000300004 article EN Revista de Nutrição 2017-06-01

Changes in nutritional status are recognised as predictors of unfavourable outcomes children and adolescents with cancer, particularly developing countries. There have been no studies on cancer from every region Brazil or the impact clinical outcomes. The aim this study is to assess association between prediction outcomes.This was a longitudinal, multicentre, hospital-based study. An anthropometric assessment performed, Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment (SGNA) administered within 48 h...

10.1111/jhn.13153 article EN Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2023-02-20

To evaluate the influence of nutritional status on admission, according to anthropometric indicator (Body Mass Index- BMI), serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin length hospital stay (LHS) time mechanical ventilation (MV) in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) a Oncological Treatment Center. It is longitudinal retrospective study with all children admitted PICU 2013. The comparison medians related LHS VM was assessed using nonparametric Mann-Whitney Kruskal Wallis test. Kaplan-Meier...

10.1093/cdn/nzz035.p12-023-19 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Current Developments in Nutrition 2019-06-01

To describe the nutritional status of children with cancer during hospital admission in five different regions Brazil by Pediatric subjective global assessment (PSGNA). A multicenter, cross-sectional study part Brazilian Survey on Oncological Nutrition Pediatrics (IBNOPe). Patients both sexes, aged between 2 and 18 years, diagnosed under treatment institutions all Brazil, from March to December 2018, were eligible. Data collected medical records, using a form prepared exclusively for this...

10.1093/cdn/nzz035.p12-022-19 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Current Developments in Nutrition 2019-06-01

Abstract Background and Aim: Delays in both the prescription of, as well interruptions administration of ENT, have been widely investigated. The most common reasons for damage nutritional impairment children a PICU are presence gastrointestinal disorders, together with medical nursing procedures. This study aims to describe enteral nutrition practices cancer evaluate factors related clinical outcomes, hospitalisation time (HT) mechanical ventilation (MVT), Paediatric Intensive Care Unit...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-22022/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2020-04-30

Introdução: A desnutrição e observada em crianças com câncer está associada a desfechos clínicos negativos. Objetivo: Descrever prevalência de inadequação do estado nutricional adolescentes neoplasia maligna na admissão hospitalar Centros Referência infantil no Brasil. Método: Estudo transversal aninhado um estudo coorte, multicêntrico, base hospitalar. amostra probabilística foi feita dois estágios cada estrato por Macrorregião pelo método probabilidade proporcional ao tamanho ano coleta...

10.32635/2176-9745.rbc.2021v67n4.1289 article PT cc-by Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia 2021-11-18
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