Table 3 Experience of living with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) among 104 patients who responded to a study specific questionnaire 2 months after insertion in relation to personal characteristics
From: Patients’ perspectives of living with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
Gender | p# | Age | p# | Marital status | p# | Education | p# | Diagnosis* | p# | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |||||||||||
Total | Male | Female | < 65 | ≥ 65 | Married | Single | Public/high school | University | Cancer | Neuro-logical | ||||||
104 (100) | 67 (64) | 37 (36) | 54 (52) | 50 (48) | 62 (60) | 31 (89) | 62 (60) | 31 (30) | 79 (76) | 23 (22) | ||||||
Daily activity is limited due to the PEG | # | |||||||||||||||
No | 84 (82) | 60 (90) | 24 (65) | 43 (80) | 41 (82) | 52 (84) | 23 (74) | 52 (84) | 23 (74) | 64 (81) | 19 (83) | |||||
Yes | 19 (19) | 7 (10) | 13 (35) | 11 (20) | 8 (16) | 9 (15) | 8 (26) | 9 (15) | 8 (26) | 14 (18) | 4 (17) | |||||
Disturbed sleep | ||||||||||||||||
No | 99 (95) | 65 (97) | 34 (92) | 51 (94) | 48 (96) | 59 (95) | 30 (97) | 58 (94) | 31 (100) | 76 (96) | 21 (91) | |||||
Yes | 4 (4) | 2 (3) | 3 (8) | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | 3 (5) | 1 (3) | 4 (6) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 1 ( 4) | |||||
PEG feeding is time consuming | # | |||||||||||||||
No | 62 (60) | 44 (66) | 18 (49) | 35 (65) | 27 (54) | 39 (63) | 17 (55) | 43 (69) | 13 (42) | 46 (58) | 15 (65) | |||||
Yes | 36 (35) | 20 (30) | 16 (43) | 15 (28) | 23 (46) | 19 (31) | 12 (39) | 14 (23) | 17 (55) | 27 (34) | 8 (35) | |||||
Possibility to influence number of feeding times per day | # | |||||||||||||||
No | 29 (28) | 15 (22) | 14 (38) | 10 (19) | 19 (38) | 16 (26) | 10 (32) | 20 (32) | 6 (19) | 19 (24) | 9 (39) | |||||
Yes | 73 (70) | 51 (76) | 22 (59) | 43 (80) | 30 (60) | 44 (71) | 21 (68) | 40 (52) | 25 (81) | 58 (73) | 14 (61) | |||||
Confidence with self feeding | ||||||||||||||||
No | 6 (6) | 3 (4) | 3 (8) | 2 (4) | 4 (8) | 2 (3) | 2 (6) | 4 (6) | 0 | 4 (5) | 2 (9) | |||||
Yes | 61 (59) | 43 (64) | 18 (49) | 39 (72) | 22 (44) | 37 (60) | 21 (68) | 35 (56) | 23 (74) | 55 (70) | 5 (22) | |||||
Daily feeding | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 84 (81) | 51 (76) | 33 (89) | 40 (74) | 44 (88) | 49 (79) | 24 (77) | 47 (76) | 26 (84) | 61 (77) | 21 (91) | |||||
No, more seldom | 10 (10) | 8 (12) | 2 (5) | 5 (9) | 5 (10) | 7 (11) | 3 (10) | 7 (11) | 3 (10) | 9 (12) | 1 (4) | |||||
Interfere with your oral intake | # | |||||||||||||||
No | 53 (51) | 32 (48) | 21 (57) | 27 (50) | 26 (52) | 31 (50) | 15 (48) | 33 (53) | 13 (42) | 34 (43) | 18 (78) | |||||
Yes | 39 (38) | 26 (39) | 13 (35) | 19 (35) | 20 (40) | 22 (35) | 13 (42) | 20 (32) | 15 (48) | 34 (43) | 4 (17) | |||||
Satisfied with your PEG | ||||||||||||||||
No | 20 (19) | 12 (18) | 8 (22) | 12 (22) | 8 (16) | 9 (13) | 9 (29) | 11 (18) | 6 (19) | 17 (22) | 3 (13) | |||||
Yes | 76 (73) | 51 (76) | 25 (68) | 38 (70) | 38 (76) | 49 (79) | 20 (65) | 46 (74) | 23 (74) | 55 (70) | 19 (83) | |||||