Annual Report 2017
Nutrition Management Office
Haruka Chitose, Mihoko Kazawa, Mayumi Motoyoshi, Mei Komine, Ryogo Shimizu, Kengo Hayashi, Kana Shiraiwa, Taichi Watanabe, Eri Abe, Rumi Noda, Ayuko Umezawa, Makiko Nishioka, Yoshio Shimokawa, Hideki Takano, Koichi Abe, Takahiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Hirakawa, Satoshi Watanabe, Hideki Ogiwara, Akio Sairendi
Introduction
From January 2017 to March 2018, we focused on implementing cancer nutrition-guidance. Increasing the number of nutrition-guidance was an effort to and improve quality. We cooperated with various research through nutritional guidance.
Our team and what we do
Hospitalized patient meals totaled 408,987 during the period from January 2017 to March 2018 and we gave nutrition-guidance to 4,595 persons. There have been 1,710 new requests for consultations with the nutrition support team (NST), an average of 114 per month (Table 1).
Cooking classes for cancer prevention were held three times as planned.
Cooking classes to cope with cancer symptoms have been held 212 times since the start of the program. In August 2017, we held the commemorative 200th cooking class.
Table 1. Number of NST consultations from January 2017 to March 2018
Research activities
We are conducting joint research with various clinical departments. In collaboration with the Department of Gastric Surgery, "Surveillance of QOL after gastric cancer surgery" and "Rehabilitation nutrition of preoperative chemotherapy" are continued.
"Research on the effectiveness of rehabilitation and nutritional therapy in perioperative hepatobiliary surgery" and "Development of a preoperative weight loss program for patients with colorectal cancer and its effect on postoperative complications" were also conducted. Before confirming the effect of preoperative and postoperative nutritional guidance, we aim to participate in a true complete treatment plan.
Furthermore, studies on dietary support of cancer survivors are also continued.
Education
In the field of human resource development, we have a strong commitment to education and training and have conducted eight university courses for registered dietitians within universities. By strengthening our cooperation with universities, our aim is to enhance research activities in the future through the development of human resources.
Future prospects
We will plan to hold numerous lectures for information about cancer therapy and cancer prevention. We want to strive and spread correct knowledge among a lot of people. We also plan to develop nutritional guidance methods and nutritional guidance media to improve the quality of nutrition management for hospitalized patients and outpatients.