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Measuring mealtime difficulties: eating, feeding and meal behaviours in older adults with dementia

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Aims and objectives. The purpose of this integrative review is to examine the instruments currently available for clinical use specifically to assess mealtime difficulties, a concept subsuming the domains of eating, feeding and meal behaviours in older adults with dementia; and to determine the quality and practicality of those instruments for use in clinical practice. Background. Dementia is a leading cause of death globally and the 5th leading cause of death in the USA for adults over 65. Nutritional status is vital to well‐being, therefore, instruments to measure eating, feeding and meal behaviours are important. Instruments measuring these behaviours can be used to plan effective interventions to alleviate the behaviours and improve oral intake. Design. Integrative review. Method. Database searches of EBSCOHost, PubMed, CINAHL, ScienceDirect, AgeLine and HaPI using various keyword combinations related to meal, eating and feeding behaviours in dementia as well as keywords related to instruments, scales or measurement. Abstracts and articles were analysed to identify instruments used in research and clinically to measure eating, feeding and meal behaviours in dementia. Results. Twelve observational instruments were identified and organised into categories of eating, feeding and meal behaviours for older adults with dementia. Instruments were described by concepts measured. Conclusions. The majority of instruments identified do not report adequate psychometric testing in the literature. One instrument is identified reporting extensive testing for reliability and validity and has been recommended for clinical practice – The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale. Relevance to clinical practice. The EdFED has been identified as a valid and reliable instrument for measuring feeding difficulties and is available for use in clinical practice. In using the EdFED, interventions can be planned to monitor feeding difficulties and promote nutritional status of older adults with dementia.

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  • Melissa B Aselage, 2010. "Measuring mealtime difficulties: eating, feeding and meal behaviours in older adults with dementia," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(5‐6), pages 621-631, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:19:y:2010:i:5-6:p:621-631
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03129.x
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    1. Ruth P Lopez, 2010. "Commentary on Aselage MB (2010) Measuring mealtime difficulties: eating, feeding and meal behaviour in older adults with dementia Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 621–631," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(19‐20), pages 2950-2951, October.
    2. Matthew Lee Smith & Caroline D. Bergeron & Sue Lachenmayr & Leigh Ann Eagle & Judy R. Simon, 2020. "A Brief Intervention for Malnutrition among Older Adults: Stepping Up Your Nutrition," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-13, May.
    3. Wen Liu & Roger Watson & Feng‐lan Lou, 2014. "The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia scale (EdFED): cross‐cultural validation of the simplified Chinese version in mainland China," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 23(1-2), pages 45-53, January.

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