1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month Backlog URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07376.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07376.x</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caregivers' perceptions following gastrostomy in severely disabled children with feeding problems Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Developmental Medicine And Child Neurology Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Subject The topic of the resource Child; Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Attitude to Health; Questionnaires; Treatment Outcome; Fundoplication; Time Factors; Cost of Illness; Gastrostomy; Stress; quality of life; adolescent; Preschool; Caregivers/psychology; infant; Q3 Literature Search; Parents/psychology; Nutritional Failure; Psychological/psychology; Developmental Disabilities/complications; Eating Disorders/etiology/therapy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tawfik R; Dickson A; Clarke M; Thomas AG Description An account of the resource Feeding difficulties are common in neurologically impaired children, often leading to great distress and frustration in the child and family. A gastrostomy may be advocated if oral intake is inadequate causing poor weight gain or when there is significant aspiration during feeding, or if feeding is very distressing. To find out if caregivers were happy with the outcome of gastrostomy (with fundoplication, when indicated), a 35-item questionnaire was developed and sent to 38 of them. Twenty-nine replies were received and appeared to be representative of the whole group. Coughing, choking, and vomiting improved in most cases. Weight gain improved in all in whom it had been a problem. In the majority, it became easier to give the children their medications although control of epilepsy was unchanged overall. Time spent feeding the child was reduced and many caregivers had more time to devote to other children and themselves. Only one parent regretted the operation. In children with severe disability and feeding problems, a gastrostomy (with fundoplication if there is significant reflux) can reduce symptoms of vomiting, coughing, and choking, help growth and improve quality of life in the child, when patients are properly selected. 1997 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07376.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07376.x</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 1997 Adolescent Adult Attitude To Health Backlog Caregivers/psychology Child Clarke M Cost Of Illness Developmental Disabilities/complications Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology Dickson A Eating Disorders/etiology/therapy Female Fundoplication Gastrostomy Humans Infant Journal Article Male Nutritional Failure Parents/psychology Preschool Psychological/psychology Q3 Scoping Review Results Quality Of Life Questionnaires Stress Tawfik R Thomas AG Time Factors Treatment Outcome