{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Batchelor-Murphy MK"],"funding":["National Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence Claire M. Fagin Fellow","NIA NIH HHS","National Institute of Nursing Research","NINR NIH HHS","Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON)","DUSON Center for Nursing Research","National Institute on Aging","Robert Wood Johnson Foundation"],"pagination":["e89-e94"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5397360"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["65(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Nursing home (NH) residents who require assistance during mealtimes are at risk for malnutrition. Supportive handfeeding is recommended, yet there is limited evidence supporting use of a specific handfeeding technique to increase meal intake.<h4>Objectives</h4>To compare efficacy of three handfeeding techniques for assisting NH residents with dementia with meals: Direct Hand (DH), Over Hand (OH), and Under Hand (UH).<h4>Design</h4>A prospective pilot study using a within-subjects experimental Latin square design with randomization to one of three handfeeding technique sequences.<h4>Setting and participants</h4>30 residents living with advanced dementia in 11 U.S. NHs.<h4>Measurements</h4>Time required for assistance; meal intake (% eaten); and feeding behaviors, measured"],"journal":["Journal of the American Geriatrics Society"],"pubmed_title":["Experimental Comparison of Efficacy for Three Handfeeding Techniques in Dementia."],"pmcid":["PMC5397360"],"funding_grant_id":["K24 AG049077","K24 AG049077-01A1","12-201","2P30AG028716-06","P30NR014139","P30 AG028716","P30 NR014139"],"pubmed_authors":["Bales CW","Batchelor-Murphy MK","Amella EJ","Beck C","Colon-Emeric CS","Anderson RA","Barnes A","McConnell ES","Silva S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Experimental Comparison of Efficacy for Three Handfeeding Techniques in Dementia.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Nursing home (NH) residents who require assistance during mealtimes are at risk for malnutrition. Supportive handfeeding is recommended, yet there is limited evidence supporting use of a specific handfeeding technique to increase meal intake.<h4>Objectives</h4>To compare efficacy of three handfeeding techniques for assisting NH residents with dementia with meals: Direct Hand (DH), Over Hand (OH), and Under Hand (UH).<h4>Design</h4>A prospective pilot study using a within-subjects experimental Latin square design with randomization to one of three handfeeding technique sequences.<h4>Setting and participants</h4>30 residents living with advanced dementia in 11 U.S. NHs.<h4>Measurements</h4>Time required for assistance; meal intake (% eaten); and feeding behaviors, measured","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Apr","modification":"2025-04-05T15:17:45.917Z","creation":"2019-06-06T17:20:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5397360","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28165618"],"doi":["10.1111/jgs.14728"]}}