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Development and evaluation of a home enteral nutrition team.
Article in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Experiences and needs of home caregivers for enteral nutrition: A systematic review of qualitative research.Nursing open · 2022Pooled it
- Gastrostomy tube care, replacement, and removal: Expanding the registered dietitian nutritionist scope of practice to provide more comprehensive enteral nutrition support and ongoing patient-centered care.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Review
- The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy care practices of patients and the care burden of caregivers: a cross-sectional study.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- A qualitative study on the life experiences and discharge planning of family caregivers for the elderly with nasal feeding.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Development of Quality Indicators for Geriatric Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Services.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The Community Cost of Maintaining Gastrostomies in Pediatric Patients.JPGN reports · 2023Article
- A scoping review of best practices in home enteral tube feeding.Primary health care research & development · 2022Article
- The experience of family caregivers of patients receiving home nasogastric tube feeding in China: A descriptive qualitative study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2022Article
- Early versus Delayed Feeding after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement in Children: A Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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- Patients Discharged with Home Enteral Nutrition from a Third-Level Hospital in 2018.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Recent Advances in Enteral Nutrition.Nutrients · 2016Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The organisation of services to support the increasing number of people receiving enteral tube feeding (ETF) at home varies across regions. There is evidence that multi-disciplinary primary care teams focussed on home enteral nutrition (HEN) can provide cost-effective care. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a HEN Team in one UK city. A HEN Team comprising dietetians, nurses and a speech and language therapist was developed with the aim of delivering a quality service for people with gastrostomy tubes living at home. Team objectives were set and an underpinning framework of organisation developed including a care pathway and a schedule of training. Impact on patient outcomes was assessed in a pre-post test evaluation design. Patients and carers reported improved support in managing their ETF. Cost savings were realised through: (1) prevention of hospital admission and related transport for ETF related issues; (2) effective management and reduction of waste of feed and thickener; (3) balloon gastrostomy tube replacement by the HEN Team in the patient's home, and optimisation of nutritional status. This service evaluation demonstrated that the establishment of a dedicated multi-professional HEN Team focussed on achievement of key objectives improved patient experience and, although calculation of cost savings were estimates, provided evidence of cost-effectiveness.
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