Effectiveness and safety of oral nutrition in older patients with moderate dysphagia: a real-world cohort study in geriatric inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dysphagia and malnutrition increase with age and are correlated with adverse clinical outcomes. Researchers have not fully studied the safety and effectiveness between oral nutrition pathway and tube feeding in dysphagic and malnourished elderly individuals.

Methods

Elderly individuals > 65 years old with nutrition risk admitted to the department of geriatrics from 58 third-grade hospitals between September 2020 and December 2022 were recruited. The analysis was conducted in patients with moderate dysphagia. Baseline characteristics, including demography, nutrition, swallowing function and body function, were collected per inclusion. Nutritional suggestions were given by geriatricians and nutritionists. Nutritional therapy pathways were recorded, and the body and

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12315445 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature