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- Title
National registry of home enteral nutrition in Spain 2007.
- Authors
Luengo Pérez LM; Chicharro ML; Cuerda C; García Luna PP; Rabassa Soler A; Romero A; Irles JA; Penacho MA; Camarero E; Martínez Olmos MA; Calañas A; Parés RM; Lecha M; Gómez Candela C; Zapata A; Pérez de la Cruz A; Luis D; Wanden-Berghe C; Cantón A; Laborda L
- Abstract
Objective: To communicate the results from the registry of Home-Based Enteral Nutrition of the NADYASENPE group in 2007. Material and methods: We included every patient in the registry with home enteral nutrition any time from January 1st to December 31st of 2007. Results: The number of patients with home enteral nutrition in 2007 was 5,107 (52% male) from 28 different hospitals. 95.4% of them were 15 yr or older, with a mean age of 67.96 +/- 18.12, and 4.2 +/- 3.38 among patients aged 14 yr or less. The most common underlying diseases were neurological (37.8%) and neoplastic diseases (29.3%). Enteral nutrition was administered p.o. in most patients (63.5%), followed by nasogastric tube (25.9%), while gastrostomy was only used in 9.2%. The mean time in enteral nutrition support was 9.4 months and the most common reasons for withdrawal were death (58.7%) and switching to oral intake (32%). Activity was limited in 31.4% of patients and 36.01% were house-bound. Most patients needed partial (26.51%) or total (37.68%) care assistance. Enteral formula was provided by hospitals to 69.14% of patients and by pharmacies to 30.17% of them, while disposable material was provided by hospitals to 81.63% and by Primary Care to the remaining patients. Conclusions: In 2007, there has been an increase of more than 30% of patients registered with home enteral nutrition comparing with 2006, without any big difference in other data, but a higher proportion of patients with enteral nutrition p.o.
- Publication
Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2009, Vol 24, Issue 6, p655
- ISSN
0212-1611
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
dx.doi.org/S0212-16112009000600004