Longitudinal assessment of the eating pattern of people with dementia and its association with problems for feeding and malnutrition: a prospective follow-up study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dementia conditions the patient's nutrition from the beginning and vice versa. Generating difficulties for feeding (FEDIF) will influence its evolution. There are currently few nutritional longitudinal studies in people with dementia. Most focus on problems already established. The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) Scale identifies FEDIF of patients with dementia by studying their behaviours while eating or being fed. It also indicates areas of potential clinical interventions.

Methods and analysis

Prospective multicentre observational study carried out in nursing homes, Alzheimer's day care centres and primary healthcare centres. The study population will be dyads composed by the patient (diagnosed of dementia, over 65 years of age and who have f

SUBMITTER: Saucedo Figueredo MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature