A comprehensive intervention following the clinical pathway of eating and swallowing disorder in the elderly with dementia: historically controlled study

Table 3 Clinical outcomes examined by retrospective analysis

Outcome	Intervention Group (n = 192)	Historical Group (n = 124)	P
AHN removal rate (recovery rate: RR) (%)	47	34	0.02
Final nutrition methods at discharge (n)			< 0.001
Eating without AHN	89	35
Intravenous drip (peripheral or central venous)	87	63
Tube feedings (PEG or nasogastric tube)	16	26
Continuation of eating at discharge^a (%)	67	49	0.004

AHN Artificial hydration and/or nutrition; PEG Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
^aIf patients continued to eat at discharge, they were categorized as ‘continuation of eating’ regardless of dependence on AHN

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