title: [An awareness survey of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in a local medical society].
abstract: Since we initiated home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in 1989 at our hospital, we have experienced a total of 96-patient cases. However, most of the patients were not accepted by the local medical society because of their own administration related problems. In the recent movement for the promotion of home medical care, a monthly joint study meeting between the NST and the local medical society was initiated in February 2003. Since HPN was a requested theme for this meeting, we carried out a questionnaire survey aimed at about 100 physicians, who belong to the Medical Society of Minoh City, to evaluate the awareness of HPN. The state of HPN practice was investigated, and questions, problems, and various opinions of HPN were assessed as well. Because of this survey, we could directly obtain opinions, questions, and problems of physicians who belong to the medical society in providing useful information to the future establishment of an HPN cooperation system. It appears that the future problems, that we can anticipate, are to understand actual differences between hospital medical care and home medical care, and to take measures to reduce the gap.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Support Team, Minoh City Hospital.
authors.forename: Chisako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakashita
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamakura
authors.forename: Nobuteru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D003151:Community Health Centers; D006801:Humans; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires