Evidence Hub

Comparison of Hand Feeding Techniques for Persons With Dementia Living in the Nursing Home

ClinicalTrials.gov · COMPLETED, 2014

30 participants

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to test three hand feeding techniques that can be used to provide feeding assistance to persons with dementia - direct hand feeding, hand-over-hand feeding, and hand-under-hand feeding.

Conditions: Dementia.

Primary outcome: Change in frequency of aversive feeding behaviors; Changes in time spent providing feeding assistance; Changes in meal intake.

Enrollment: 30 participants.

How strong is the evidence?

Evidence Hub reads this as a clinical trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 3 of 5 (Moderate · trial / cohort / secondary analysis). Trials without a large randomized design, cohorts and secondary analyses give moderate evidence. Reported size: 30 participants or records.

How the five levels of evidence work. The level is assigned automatically from the abstract and can be wrong, so check the paper.

Read the paper

Related studies

Go deeper in Evidence Hub

Evidence Hub adds a study data sheet (design, sample size, evidence level, key numbers), an AI summary and a chat grounded in the paper's text.

Open this study Sign up free