Publications by authors named "Antoinette van Breen"

Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to validate the Visual/Verbal Analogue Scale of food intake (ingesta-VVAS) in oncology patients and assess other related questions.
  • Interviews with 206 chemotherapy patients revealed the ingesta-VVAS score correlated with energy intake but had poor accuracy in predicting low energy intake.
  • A model that included the ingesta-VVAS score and a question about feeling sick showed only slight improvement in predicting energy intake, indicating a need for further validation of these tools.
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