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The use of artificial nutrition among cancer patients enrolled in palliative home care services
- Source :
- Palliative Medicine. 23:556-564
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2009.
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Abstract
- In this study, patients’ views and experiences of using home artificial nutrition, and factors associated with use of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) were investigated. Structured telephone interviews with 620 cancer patients enrolled in 21 palliative home care services were analysed. HPN was more common (11%) than home enteral tube feeding (HETF, 3%). Home artificial nutrition (including HPN and HETF) was usually introduced more than four months before death. Three of four HPN recipients also had oral food intake. HPN use was associated with eating difficulties, nausea/vomiting, and fatigue rather than gastrointestinal problems per se. HETF was generally used for patients with problems related to oesophagus and head and neck tumours. In conclusion the results suggest that, contrary to existing guidelines, HPN is used to supplement oral intake, and not only for patients with a non-functioning gastrointestinal tract.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Nausea
MEDLINE
Artificial nutrition
Enteral Nutrition
Neoplasms
medicine
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Head and neck
Aged
Enteral Tube Feeding
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Palliative Care
Cancer
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Home Care Services
Logistic Models
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Parenteral nutrition
Vomiting
Female
medicine.symptom
Parenteral Nutrition, Home
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1477030X and 02692163
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Palliative Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2970ad126c8bc267c81ba3ff433abe8c