NCT06161350

The Multi-disciplinary Approach of Children With Feeding Difficulties and Tube Feeding in UZB Between 2000 and 2021

The Multi-disciplinary Approach of Children With Feeding Difficulties and Tube Feeding in UZB Between 2000 and 2021: a Retrospective Cohort Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 330 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this Retrospective Cohort Study is to compare the patients from before and after the implementation of the pre-convention for infants with feeding difficulties needing tube feeding or having received tube feeding in the past, but able to develop normal feeding behavior. The main objectives it aims to compare are: * To characterize the patients taking part in a multi-disciplinary follow-up for feeding difficulties over time and to evaluate their progress before and after the institution of a multidisciplinary team in the context of the pre-convention for feeding difficulties from the RIZIV/INAMI. * To evaluate if the multi-disciplinary approach is more efficient for treatment and follow-up in infants with eating difficulties before and after the start of the pre-convention. * To calculate the probability of reaching full oral intake after having feeding difficulties within two years.

Conditions

• Oral Aversion
• Enteral Nutrition
• Parenteral Nutrition
• Tube Feeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Structured multi-disciplinary approach	Since 2010, a structured multidisciplinary team was formed to evaluate the child medically, support its nutrition, teach, treat and educate the children and parents and guide them through the process to obtain a normal and independent feeding behavior. The multidisciplinary team must have special expertise regarding digestive and nutritional as well as sensory and oral motor problems in children requiring artificial nutrition. The team must at least consist of a pediatrician, a dietician with experience in artificial nutrition in children, a speech therapist and/or physical therapist and a psychologist or orthopedagogue. The team should also be able to rely on a nurse with experience in artificial nutrition, a social assistant and a secretary.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-08
• Primary completion: 2024-09-30
• Completion: 2024-09-30
• First posted: 2023-12-07
• Last updated: 2023-12-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium