A prospective cohort study evaluating screening and assessment of six modifiable risk factors in HPB cancer patients and compliance to recommended prehabilitation interventions

Table 2 Results of the screening, assessments and interventions

Risk factor	Total screened	Unfit (6 MWT–activity level)	CPET advised	CPET performed	Unfit (AT ≤ 11 ml/kg/min)	PRIOR advised	PRIOR complied
Physical fitness	100	64	42^a	33	17	15 ^b	12
Physical fitness	Total screened	Malnourished	Dietician advised	Dietician complied
Malnutrition	100	42	23 ^c	19
Malnutrition	Total screened	Anaemia	Iron deficiency	Iron therapy prescribed	Iron therapy administered
Anaemia	100	32	15	12^d	12
Anaemia	Total screened	Frail	Geriatrician advised	Geriatrician complied
Frailty	100	22	12^e	12
Frailty	Total screened	Smoking	Intervention advised	Intervention complied
Smoking	100	12	9^f	1
Smoking	Total screened	Alcohol (ab)use (> 5 units per day)	Intervention advised	Intervention complied
Alcohol use	100	18	14^g	8
Alcohol use	Total screened	Low psychological resilience	Psychological help advised	Psychological help complied
Low psychological resilience	100	21	14^h	4

^aEventually not scheduled for surgery (n = 22)
^bPreference for surgery on short-term (n = 1). Exclusion criteria PRIOR study (n = 1)
^cEventually not scheduled for surgery (n = 12). Already under treatment (n = 7)
^dEventually not scheduled for surgery (n = 2). Already under treatment (n = 1)
^eEventually not scheduled for surgery (n = 10)
^fEventually not scheduled for surgery (n = 3)
^gEventually not scheduled for surgery (n = 4)
^hEventually not scheduled for surgery (n = 6). Already under treatment (n = 1)

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