Use of Feeding Tubes Among Hospitalized Older Adults With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although dementia is a contraindication for feeding tube placement, guidelines recommending against its use are inconsistently followed, and factors associated with its use are unclear.

Objective

To describe the incidence of feeding tube placement among hospitalized older adults (aged ≥65 years) with dementia and their health outcomes during and after hospitalization and to identify factors associated with placement of feeding tubes (ie, gastrostomy, gastrostomy-jejunostomy, and jejunostomy tubes).

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted using a linked database in Ontario, Canada. Older adults who were diagnosed with dementia prior to a hospitalization between April 1, 2014, and March 31, 2018, were i

SUBMITTER: Hartford AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature