Patients’ Use and Interpretation of Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) Short Form – A Qualitative Study of Patients with Cancer, 2018

The objective of this project was to study how cancer patients understand and use the form PS-SGA, which is a screening tool for nutrition, and if they use it how it was intended. Experiences from using the form in research show that some patients are filling it out in a wrong way. The research questions are: How do the patients interpret the questions, the alternatives, and the format of the form? To what degree does the questions and the alternatives reflect how the patients really are (that is, are the patients able to describe their nutritional situation by means of this form)? Are patients with cognitive challenges or a low functional level able to fill it out?

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