ArticleBMC family practice2007
General Practitioners involvement in enteral tube feeding at home: a qualitative study.
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- Emotional, Ethical and Cultural Challenges in Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Decision-Making: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Pooled it
- Patient and Family Caregivers' Experiences of Living With a Jejunostomy Feeding Tube After Surgery for Esophagogastric Cancer.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2017Trial
- A scoping review of best practices in home enteral tube feeding.Primary health care research & development · 2022Article
- The challenges of caring for children who require complex medical care at home: 'The go between for everyone is the parent and as the parent that's an awful lot of responsibility'.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020Article
- Home enteral nutrition recipients: patient perspectives on training, complications and satisfaction.Frontline gastroenterology · 2017Article
- Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals on the Usage of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in a Teaching Hospital from a Middle-Income South East Asian Country.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Article
- Review
- Feeding Tube-related Complications and Problems in Patients Receiving Long-term Home Enteral Nutrition.Indian journal of palliative care · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundComplex medical treatment is moving from hospital to primary care and General Practitioners (GPs) are increasingly asked to undertake new roles. There are now an estimated 19,500 patients being fed in the UK in the community on enteral tube feeding using a variety of different feeding tubes (Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), Jejunostomy, or nasogastric (NG). The majority of patients are over the age of 65 years when they had artificial feeding initiated and mainly because of dysphagia. The aim of this study was to explore GPs knowledge, attitudes and skills relating to enteral feeding in the community.
methodsSemi-structured one-to-one interviews with a convenience sample of GPs in Northern Ireland.
resultsTwenty-three GPs in three health boards in Northern Ireland participated in the study. Most found dealing with enteral feeding to be a predominantly negative experience. They had little involvement in patient selection for the procedure and poor or no discharge information. GPs felt inadequately trained, there was poor communication between primary and secondary care and little support. There was anger and frustration among GPs about lack of resources (funding and training), and the perception that primary care was used as a dumping ground.
conclusionMoving complex medical treatment from secondary to primary care has major implications for GPs who should be included in the patient selection process, have adequate discharge information about their patients, be adequately resourced and have appropriate support and training.
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