The Effect of Enteral Tube Feeding on Patients' Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review

Nutrients

Ojo, O., Keaveney, E., et al. (2019).

Nutrients, 11(5), 1046-1046.

This systematic review investigates the impact of enteral tube feeding on adult patients' quality of life.

Rockfield Medical Devices (Ireland)



Database inception up to December 27, 2018

Randomized controlled trials; cross-sectional studies; prospective cohort studies; uncontrolled clinical trials; retrospective reviews

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The majority of the included studies (nine out of 14 studies) indicated that patients' quality of life (QoL) improved with enteral tube feeding. The varying outcomes of the effect of enteral tube feeding on QoL may be due to types of gastrostomy tubes, enteral feeding methods, the patients' medical conditions, and the type of QoL measurement tool used.