Noncompliance/Nonadherence With Home Nutrition Support: An Underrecognized Clinical Dilemma. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kirby, Donald F.; Mitchell, Ronelle; Hendrickson, Eileen
• Is Part Of: Nutrition in clinical practice. Volume 32:Number 6(2017:Dec.)
• Page Start: 777
• Page End: 781
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: home parenteral nutrition -- home enteral nutrition -- noncompliance -- nonadherence; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Diet therapy -- Periodicals; Artificial feeding -- Periodicals; 615.854
• DOI: 10.1177/0884533617730001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0884-5336

Abstract

Failure to administer enteral nutrition, intravenous fluids, and/or parenteral nutrition solutions can have deleterious effects on patients who have been prescribed such therapies. However, it is not well understood why patients requiring nutrition support would be noncompliant or nonadherent to these often life-benefiting therapies. This article explores these issues in a large home nutrition support population.