A survey of bolus tube feeding prevalence and practice in adult patients requiring home enteral tube feeding.

A survey of bolus tube feeding prevalence and practice in adult patients requiring home enteral tube feeding. Br J Nutr. 2019 Dec 14;122(11):1271-1278 Authors: Hubbard GP, Andrews S, White S, Simpson G, Topen S, Carnie L, Murphy C, Collins R, Davies J, Owen A, Barker J, Green L, Patel I, Ridgway J, Lenchner J, Faerber J, Pearce L, Meanwell H, Kominek N, Stark L, Best H, Simons R, Cross T, Stratton RJ Abstract Anecdotal evidence suggests the use of bolus tube feeding is increasing in the long-term home enteral tube feed (HETF) patients. A cross-sectional survey to assess the prevalence of bolus tube feeding and to characterise these patients was undertaken. Dietitians from ten centres across the UK collected data on all adult HETF patients on the dietetic caseload receiving bolus tube feeding (n 604, 60 % male, age 58 years). Demographic data, reasons for tube and bolus feeding, tube and equipment types, feeding method and patients' complete tube feeding regimens were recorded. Over a third of patients receiving HETF used bolus feeding (37 %). Patients were long-term tube fed (4·1 years tube feeding, 3·5 years bolus tube feeding), living at home (71 %) and sedentary (70 %). The majority were head and neck cancer patients (22 %) who were significantly more active (79 %) and lived at home (97 %), while those with cerebral palsy (12 %) were typically younger (age 31 years) but sedentary (94 %). Most patients used bolus feeding as their...
Source: The British Journal of Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Br J Nutr Source Type: research