eprintid: 1415917 rev_number: 32 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/41/59/17 datestamp: 2013-12-05 19:34:05 lastmod: 2021-09-23 22:53:13 status_changed: 2013-12-05 19:34:05 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Smith, CH creators_name: Jebson, EM creators_name: Hanson, B title: Thickened fluids: Investigation of users' experiences and perceptions. ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F71 divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F45 keywords: Children, Fluid thickeners, Health, Modified diets, Quality of life note: ©� 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. abstract: Background & aims: Fluid thickeners are an important and commonly-used strategy to manage swallowing difficulties however there are no reports of the perceptions and experiences of parents of children using thickeners. Methods: Semi-structured interviews of 14 parents having a child using fluid thickeners due to swallowing difficulties. Results: Parents reported improvements in quality of life and health through the use of thickeners. They also reported persistent difficulties in the use of thickeners. Conclusions: Results showed unanimous goodwill and positive attitudes towards thickeners and their observed benefits, tempered by common difficulties with thickeners (variability and unpredictability). There remains scope for improvements of commercial thickeners and in information conveyed to users. date: 2014-02 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2013.10.012 vfaculties: VFBRS vfaculties: VENG oa_status: green full_text_type: pub primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: JOURNAL ARTICLE verified: verified_manual elements_source: PubMed elements_id: 919598 doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2013.10.012 pii: S0261-5614(13)00271-9 lyricists_name: Hanson, Benjamin lyricists_name: Smith, Christina lyricists_id: BMHAN48 lyricists_id: CHSMI43 full_text_status: public publication: Clin Nutr volume: 33 number: 1 pagerange: 171-174 citation: Smith, CH; Jebson, EM; Hanson, B; (2014) Thickened fluids: Investigation of users' experiences and perceptions. Clin Nutr , 33 (1) pp. 171-174. 10.1016/j.clnu.2013.10.012 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2013.10.012>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1415917/1/1-s2.0-S0261561413002719-main.pdf