ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutrition and Sustainable Diets
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1589233
This article is part of the Research TopicSustainable Approaches to Public Health Via Food Policy ActionsView all 7 articles
Development and Validation of a Nutritional Literacy Assessment Scale for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients Undergoing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy 1
Provisionally accepted
- 1First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
- 2Radiotherapy Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a head and neck malignancy highly prevalent in East and Southeast Asia, for which concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) is the standard treatment option. However, the superimposed effects of radiotherapy (especially head and neck radiotherapy) and chemotherapy often lead to severe acute toxic reactions, insufficient nutritional knowledge of patients, and dietary misconceptions all affect the patient's ability to eat and their nutritional status. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a Nutritional Literacy Scale (NLS) for
Keywords: nasopharyngeal carcinoma ； synchronized radiotherapy, Nutritional literacy, Reliability, validity, scale
Received: 07 Mar 2025; Accepted: 23 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Lu Jiamei, Radiotherapy Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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