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The challenges of home enteral tube feeding: a global perspective.
Review in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and quality appraisal of guidelines and recommendations for home enteral tube feeding in adults.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- An Evaluation of the Nutritional Value and Physical Properties of Blenderised Enteral Nutrition Formula: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- The Effect of Enteral Tube Feeding on Patients' Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Healthcare professionals' perspectives regarding the foundations of a patient reported measure for adults receiving Home Enteral Tube Feeding-A Delphi study.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2026Article
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- "It's just us": Families' experiences with temporary tube feeding.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Article
- Challenges, Perceptions, Training and Needs of Primary Care Nurses in the Management of Patients with Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Spain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Awareness, needs, and preferences for managing tube feeding resources from hospital to home: a survey among family caregivers.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Addressing the Need for a Specialized Disconnection Device in Catheter Connection Management: A Case Study of User-Centered Medical Device Innovation.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Focusing on the process: experiences and needs of Chinese post-esophagectomy patients and caregivers regarding home enteral nutrition.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Healthcare Resource Utilization and Cost Implications of Commercial Blenderized versus Plant-Based Standard Enteral Formulas in Children and Adults in Post-Acute Care: A Retrospective Study.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2025Article
- Oral Drug Product Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes: In Vitro Testing.The AAPS journal · 2024Article
- Comparison of anxiety and depression levels in caregivers of patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for home enteral tube feeding against other enteral nutrition methods.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- A scoping review of best practices in home enteral tube feeding.Primary health care research & development · 2022Article
- Preparedness to implement national enteral nutritional therapy practice guidelines: An observational study of primary health care institutions in South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2022Observational
- Factors associated with length of stay and death in tube-fed patients: A cross-sectional multicentre study.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Enteral tube feeding in patients receiving dietary treatment for metabolic diseases: A retrospective analysis in a large French cohort.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2021Article
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- Nutritional status and clinical evolution of the elderly in home enteral nutritional therapy: a retrospective cohort study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2019Observational
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Abstract
The aim of this review is to provide a global perspective of Home Enteral Tube Feeding (HETF) and to outline some of the challenges of home enteral nutrition (HEN) provisions. It is well established that the number of patients on HETF is on the increase worldwide due to advances in technology, development of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy techniques, and the shift in care provisions from acute to community settings. While the significance of home enteral nutrition in meeting the nutritional requirements of patients with poor swallowing reflexes and those with poor nutritional status is not in doubt, differences exist in terms of funding, standards, management approaches and the level of infrastructural development across the world. Strategies for alleviating some of the challenges militating against the effective delivery of HETF including the development of national and international standards, guidelines and policies for HETF, increased awareness and funding by government at all levels were discussed. Others, including development of HEN services, which should create the enabling environment for multidisciplinary team work, clinical audit and research, recruitment and retention of specialist staff, and improvement in patient outcomes have been outlined. However, more research is required to fully establish the cost effectiveness of the HEN service especially in developing countries and to compare the organization of HEN service between developing and developed countries.
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