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What is Feeding Tube?

Feeding tubes are used to support a person's nutritional needs. They may be temporary or needed intermittently during acute illness and in recovery. Long term use is indicated for providing nutrition and hydration when control over swallowing is impaired due to progressive disease or injury.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 69 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 60 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 49 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Choking on food 33 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Support weight gain 21 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) 5 0

See all 207 patients currently using Feeding Tube

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 4
None
 21

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Feeding Tube

Hospitalization 14
None 1
Gas 1
Pain 1
Bleeding around feeding tube insertion point 1
Hospitalization 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6   Other: 55%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 18%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 18%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 18%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 9%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped using Feeding Tube

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Feeding Tube

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Feeding Tube

Always
 18 69%
Usually
 4 15%
Sometimes
 2 8%
Never
 2 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Feeding Tube

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 5 19%
A little
 6 23%
Not at all
 15 58%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Feeding Tube

$200+
 1 8%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 8%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 9 75%

Report created on May 28, 2012.