FEEDS: Focus on Early Eating, Drinking and Swallowing

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: eurodevelopmental conditions; Nervous System Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10454425
• Lead Sponsor: ewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2021 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33769272/ (added 29/03/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-02-15
• Study Completion: 2019-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 12 April 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 951

Inclusion Criteria

1. Young people aged 12-18 years with neurodisability and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
2. Parents of young children with neurodisability who experience eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties up to and including 12 years of age. Parents who have been discharged home from neonatal units will be included
3. Healthcare professionals who support children with neurodisability who experience eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
4. Education professionals who support children with neurodisability who experience eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties

Exclusion Criteria

1. Young children with progressive neurodisability and their parents
2. Young children without neurodisability and their parents
3. Parents of children with neurodisability who are inpatients postnatally at time of study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified