ArticleSultan Qaboos University medical journal2025
Feeding Difficulties and Survival Outcomes in Advanced Dementia:
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Objectives: Feeding problems are among the most common in patients with advanced dementia. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of feeding problems and evaluate survival outcomes following the onset of feeding problems in patients with advanced dementia. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of adults with advanced dementia identified from the electronic patient record using diagnostic codes and keyword searches was conducted. This multicentre study took place at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman and the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, from January 2010 to December 2023. Results: A total of 202 patients were included. The median age was 78.5 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 72.0-83.0); 58.9% were male. Median follow-up was 25.9 months; 70.8% (n = 143) died and overall median survival was 33.3 months following the diagnosis of advanced dementia. Feeding problems developed in 71.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 65.1-77.6) of patients with a median time from diagnosis to onset of 5.9 months (IQR: 1.0-25.6). Patients with feeding problems were older (80 versus 75 years) and more often had prior stroke history (37.2% versus 19.3%). Survival was shorter with feeding problems (28.8 versus 48.0 months; log-rank Conclusions: Feeding problems identify a subgroup with poorer unadjusted survival, but the association with mortality was not significant after adjustment for confounders. Male sex independently predicted higher mortality. These findings support the need for prospective studies with standardised feeding assessments and nutritional measures.
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