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Sowerbutts AM, Panter C, Dickie G, Bennett B, Ablett J, Burden S, Lal S. Short bowel syndrome and the impact on patients and their families: a qualitative study. J Hum Nutr Diet 2020; 33:767-774. [DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- A. M. Sowerbutts
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre University of Manchester Manchester UK
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- St Helen’s and Knowsley NHS Trust Liverpool UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre University of Manchester Manchester UK
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Manchester UK
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Sowerbutts AM, Lal S, Sremanakova J, Clamp AR, Jayson GC, Teubner A, Hardy L, Todd C, Raftery AM, Sutton E, Morgan RD, Vickers AJ, Burden S. Palliative home parenteral nutrition in patients with ovarian cancer and malignant bowel obstruction: experiences of women and family caregivers. BMC Palliat Care 2019; 18:120. [PMID: 31884962 PMCID: PMC6936090 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-019-0507-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Malnutrition is a problem in advanced cancer, particularly ovarian cancer where malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a frequent complication. Parenteral nutrition is the only way these patients can received adequate nutrition and is a principal indication for palliative home parenteral nutrition (HPN). Giving HPN is contentious as it may increase the burden on patients. This study investigates patients’ and family caregivers’ experiences of HPN, alongside nutritional status and survival in patients with ovarian cancer and MBO. Methods This mixed methods study collected data on participant characteristics, clinical details and body composition using computed tomography (CT) combined with longitudinal in-depth interviews underpinned by phenomenological principles. The cohort comprised 38 women with ovarian cancer and inoperable MBO admitted (10/2016 to 12/ 2017) to a tertiary referral hospital. Longitudinal interviews (n = 57) were carried out with 20 women considered for HPN and 13 of their family caregivers. Results Of the 38 women, 32 received parenteral nutrition (PN) in hospital and 17 were discharged on HPN. Nutritional status was poor with 31 of 33 women who had a CT scan having low muscle mass, although 10 were obese. Median overall survival from admission with MBO for all 38 women was 70 days (range 8–506) and for those 17 on HPN was 156 days (range 46–506). Women experienced HPN as one facet of their illness, but viewed it as a “lifeline” that allowed them to live outside hospital. Nevertheless, HPN treatment came with losses including erosion of normality through an impact on activities of daily living and dealing with the bureaucracy surrounding the process. Family caregivers coped but were often left in an emotionally vulnerable state. Conclusions Women and family caregivers reported that the inconvenience and disruption caused by HPN was worth the extended time they had at home.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne Marie Sowerbutts
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. .,School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, RM5.328 Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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