Empowering patient education on self-care activity among patients with colorectal cancer - a research protocol for a randomised trial

• Main Authors: Leena Tuominen (Author), Marita Ritmala-Castrén (Author), Pia Nikander (Author), Siru Mäkelä (Author), Tero Vahlberg (Author), Helena Leino-Kilpi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Chemotherapy-induced side effects may have a negative effect on nutrition intake, thus increasing the risk of malnutrition and consequently, other serious complications for patients with cancer. The prevalence of malnutrition is common among patients with colorectal cancer. Nurse...