The knowledge, attitude, and practice score on oral nutrition supplementation is inversely associated with malnutrition risk of tumor patients during the peri-radiotherapy period: a multicenter cross-sectional study (opens in new tab)

BackgroundOral nutritional supplements (ONS) plays a key role in improving outcomes in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. However, the relationship between patients’ knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward ONS and malnutrition risk remains unclear.MethodsThis multicenter cross-sectional study included 1737 cancer patients from 25 hospitals in Shandong, China. KAP toward ONS was assessed using a structured questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the ...