PD492 - QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULTS RECEIVING HOME PARENTERAL NUTRITION WITH PORTABLE INFUSION PUMPS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

PD492

QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULTS RECEIVING HOME PARENTERAL NUTRITION WITH PORTABLE INFUSION PUMPS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

M. Perliński^1,*, J. Sobocki²

¹Faculty of Pharmacy, Vizja Uniwersity, ²Department of General Surgery and Clinical Nutrition, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw, Poland

 

Rationale: We would like to assess if QoL  of patients on HPN can be improved by portable nutritional kits with pumps.

Methods: Cross-sectional study, 102 adults receiving HPN with portable infusion pumps completed the WHOQOL-BREF and an author-designed questionnaire addressing pump usability, daily functioning, mobility, work, travel, complications, and treatment burden. 

Results: Most patients reported that pumps improved daily functioning (96%), social activity (95%), travel planning (96%), and work-related functioning (84.3%). Perceived health improvement since pump-assisted HPN was reported by 85.3%. Night-time pump burden was associated with lower psychological (p=0.004), social (p=0.001), and environmental scores (p<0.001). Longer infusion time correlated with poorer psychological (r=-0.433; p<0.001) and environmental quality of life (r=-0.280; p=0.007), and worse self-rated health (r=-0.275; p=0.008). 

Conclusion: Portable infusion pumps support mobility, independence, travel, and work participation in most adults receiving HPN. However, quality of life remains strongly influenced by treatment burden, particularly night-time disturbance and prolonged infusion 

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Disclosure of Interest: None declared