EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PROFILE OF HOME ENTERAL NUTRITION USERS
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2014.10527Keywords:
Nutrição Enteral. Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar. Estado Nutricional. Epidemiologia.Abstract
Nutritional therapy in the home setting contributes to the recovery of health status of patients and presents lower cost when compared to hospital enteral nutrition. However, in clinical practice, patients and their families have difficulties in performing procedures related to enteral nutrition. This study aimed to identify the epidemiological and nutritional profiles of enteral nutrition users. This is a cross-sectional study with administration of questionnaires and anthropometric measurements for the understanding of socioeconomic and nutritional profile, and variables associated with the use of this therapeutic modality. Only 31.6 % of users leave the hospital with referral and counter-referral instruments. The prevailing diseases were neurological disorders (63%). The average time of use of therapy was 28 weeks with predominant use (53%) of industrial formulations provided by the municipality (37%). Application of the Subjective Global Assessment indicated that 66.7% of the subjects were classified as moderately malnourished. Results point to the need for effective integration between different levels of health care and the need of further studies on the profile of home enteral nutrition in the country.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2014.10527
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