We Need to FEED: Facilitating Enteral Education for Discharge
ConditionEnteral Nutrition Feeding
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeUp to 17
SponsorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
About this trial
Aim: We need to FEED (Facilitating Enteral Education for Discharge) project aims to streamline and enhance the discharge process for pediatric patients with enteral nutrition (including G-tubes, J-tubes, GJ-tubes, and NG-tubes) and ultimately create enteral discharge protocol. The aim of the study is to describe the effectiveness of the discharge education program for children with enteral tubes on caregiver knowledge and determine the impact of the program on unplanned ER, Urgent care or clinic visits. By ensuring that all necessary supplies, orders, and follow-up appointments are in place prior to discharge, and by providing comprehensive education and support to parents, the project seeks to improve patient outcomes, reduce healthcare utilization, enhance coordination and communication among healthcare providers.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients must be within the age range of 0 to 17 years.
Patients who have recently had an enteral feeding tube placed (G-tube, J-tube, GJ-tube, or NG-tube).
The patient must be hospitalized at the time of the study and scheduled for discharge within the study period (before discharge).
A legal guardian must be available to participate in the study, complete questionnaires, and engage in the educational sessions.
Disqualifiers
Patients who have had an enteral tube (G-tube, J-tube, GJ-tube, or NG-tube) for more than a short period (e.g., those who have had tubes in place for more than 3 months) may be excluded, as the study is focused on newly placed feeding tubes.
Patients aged 18 years or older are excluded from the study, as the project targets pediatric patients specifically.
If the caregiver (or the child, where applicable) has significant cognitive or language barriers that would prevent them from understanding the educational content or completing the surveys, they may be excluded.
Families who do not speak English may be excluded.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Education Intervention
Treatment groups
20 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov