Nutritional Outcome in Home Gastrostomy-Fed Children with Chronic Diseases.

The aim of the study was to assess the anthropometric outcomes after gastrostomy tube (GT) placement in children with chronic diseases and the influence of primary diagnosis, age, and nutritional support. A longitudinal, multicenter, and prospective study was performed evaluating 65 children with GT feeding and chronic diseases (61.5% with neurological disease).

Satisfaction with gastrostomy feeding in caregivers of children with home enteral nutrition; application of the SAGA-8 questionnaire and analysis of involved factors.

Aims: To assess the degree of satisfaction of caregivers of children with gastrostomy tube (GT) feeding through the structured questionnaire SAGA-8. Secondly, to evaluate if the parental satisfaction degree was related to several independent variables.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was performed in 92 caregivers of children with GT feeding and chronic diseases.

Psychometric properties of the structured Satisfaction Questionnaire with Gastrostomy Feeding (SAGA-8) for caregivers of children with gastrostomy tube nutritional support.

Background: To analyse the psychometric properties of the structured Satisfaction Questionnaire with Gastrostomy Feeding (SAGA-8) in parents/caregivers of children with home enteral nutrition (HEN) by gastrostomy tube (GT).

Methods: Eighty-six caregivers (mothers) of paediatric patients with HEN by GT were recruited. Patients suffered from neurological disease (61.

Early decision of gastrostomy tube insertion in children with severe developmental disability: a current dilemma.

Background: Healthcare professionals advise earlier gastrostomy tube (GT) placement in children with severe developmental disabilities, marked feeding disorders and risk of malnutrition. However, a delay in acceptance of the procedure by parents/guardians is the main issue of concern. The present study aimed to investigate: (i) parental satisfaction with GT feeding and whether parents/carers would have accepted earlier GT placement and (ii) subsequent nutritional outcome.

Feeling of burden, psychological distress, and anxiety among primary caregivers of children with home enteral nutrition.

Objective: To examine the relationship between several psychological factors and the feeling of burden experienced by caregivers of children with home enteral nutrition.

Methods: Fifty-six mothers of pediatric patients with chronic diseases requiring long-term home enteral nutrition were recruited. They were asked to respond to specific questionnaires about their anxiety symptoms (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), psychological distress (SCL-90-R) and feeling of burden (Zarit-scale).