| Title |
The role of gastrostomy tube placement in advanced dementia with dysphagia: a critical review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical Interventions in Aging, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.2147/cia.s53153 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Leanne S Goldberg, Kenneth W Altman |
| Abstract |
Over 4.5 million people in North America had a diagnosis of dementia in the year 2000, and more than half had advanced disease with potential aspiration risk. There is much controversy regarding the use and timing of enteral feeding support in these patients with dysphagia. The management of dysphagia is far more complex when considering quality of life, "comfort care" hand feeding, the use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG), and associated mortality rates. This study seeks to critically review the literature that evaluates PEG placement in this population. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 19% |
| Australia | 4 | 13% |
| United States | 3 | 9% |
| Comoros | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 16 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 24 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 16% |
| Scientists | 3 | 9% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 221 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 42 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 10% |
| Researcher | 22 | 10% |
| Other | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 18 | 8% |
| Other | 51 | 23% |
| Unknown | 48 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 80 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 43 | 19% |
| Psychology | 9 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 27 | 12% |
| Unknown | 52 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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