'Your Tube': the role of different diets in children who are gastrostomy fed: protocol for a mixed methods exploratory sequential study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasing numbers of children require having all, or part, of their nutritional intake via gastrostomy. More parents are using home-blended meals to feed their children, with many reporting beneficial effects such as improved gastro-oesophageal reflux, less constipation and less distress in their child.This study aims to identify the important outcomes of tube feeding in this population, compare the safety, outcomes and resource use of those on a home-blended diet compared with a formula diet and assess feasibility of long-term follow-up of children recruited to this study.

Methods and analyses

This is a mixed methods study of children (aged 6 months to 18 years) who are gastrostomy feed dependent recruited via general, community and specialist paediatric and d

SUBMITTER: Taylor J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797291 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature