There are a growing number of parents who are interesting in and/or choosing to feed their children meals they have prepared themselves which are then liquidised and administered via a gastrostomy. This article provides details of a multicenter study that will take place involving parents, young people and health professionals. It will gather data on desired outcomes, variability in diets and reasons, use of oral feeding, perceived benefits of the alternative diet, resources required, and safety issues, and quality of life data. The paper describes the setting of the study and the involvement of patient and public.
Taylor, J. et al. 2019. "Your Tube": the role of different diets in children who are gastrostomy fed: protocol for a mixed methods exploratory study.
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