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ArticleBMC pediatrics2020

Feeding practices in 6-24-month-old children with chronic cholestatic liver diseases: a mixed-method study.

Xiao Chen, Jianshe Wang, Yi Lu, Xinbao Xie, Ying Gu, Jos M Latour, Yuxia Zhang

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Article in BMC pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xiao ChenDepartment of Liver Disease, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Jianshe WangDepartment of Liver Disease, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Yi LuDepartment of Liver Disease, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Xinbao XieDepartment of Liver Disease, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Ying GuDepartment of Nursing, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Jos M LatourSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
Yuxia ZhangDepartment of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, No.180, Fenglin road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. zhang.yx@aliyun.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3102-6727
Children's Hospital of Fudan University · CNFudan University · CNUniversity of Plymouth · GB

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Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau 2015ZB0302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren with chronic cholestatic liver diseases have a high risk of malnutrition. However, nutritional management in China has received little attention, and there has been limited evidence regarding improving these practices. This study aimed to evaluate the feeding status of chronic cholestatic children aged 6-24 months and to explore their parents' experiences with feeding practices.

methodsA mixed-method study was conducted among parents of 74 children with chronic cholestatic liver diseases. The Infant and Young Child Feeding Index (ICFI) was used to collect quantitative data of feeding practices. In-depth interviews with parents were performed to generate qualitative data. Multivariate analysis was conducted to identify predictors of inappropriate feeding practices. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis.

resultsOnly 16.2% of the children had appropriate feeding practices. In terms of dairy products, the rate of breastfeeding, medium-chain triglyceride formula feeding, and regular formula feeding were 25.7, 39.2 and 44.6% respectively. The complementary feeding rate was 68.8%, and the age of adding complementary foods was 6.9 ± 1.7 months. Consumption of foods from animal sources was suboptimal, 66.7% of the children aged 6-8 months and 45.5% of the children aged 9-11 months had carbohydrates as a single source of complementary foods and had no intake of meat, eggs or bean products, while in the age group 12-24 months, 52.0% of the children had eggs less than 2 days/week, 60.0% had meat less than 2 days/week, and 60.0% had no intake of bean products. Low literacy of the primary care provider was significantly related to inappropriate feeding practices (adjusted OR 5.52; 95% CI 1.29, 23.66). The result of the interviews indicated that parents generally lacked the scientific knowledge of feeding and thought that the intake of animal source foods and oils would be a burden to the liver and cause damage to the liver functions.

conclusionParents generally lacked science-based feeding knowledge and the feeding practices in 6-24-month-old children diagnosed with chronic cholestatic liver diseases fell short of the recommendations in current nutritional guidelines. Appropriate interventions targeting social and cultural family circumstances should therefore be included in supporting parents in feeding practices to improve children's clinical outcomes.

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Feeding BehaviorLiver DiseasesBreast FeedingChildChild, PreschoolChinaFemaleHumansInfantInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaCholestatic liver diseaseComplementary foodFeeding experiencesFeeding practicesMedium-chain triglyceride

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