stoke patients with tube feeding, slated for gastrostomy
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients under tube feeding with liquid diet and depend on it for 70% or more. 2. Patients slated for PEG. 3. Patients over 65 years-old 4. Patients who have given written informed consent by themselves or their representative.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients under intermittent tube feeding. 2. Patients who need special diets, because of diabetes, renal dysfunction and so on. 3. Patients who have few gastrointestinal tract function by inflammatory bowel disease or short bowels syndrome. 4. Other conditions not suitable for this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The pain of patients on tube feeding, comparing with nutritional route (nasal or gastrostoma) and form (liquid or semi-solid). The time for tube feeding, comparing with nutritional forms (liquid or semi solid). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kaifukuki Rehabilitaion Ward Association Board member