Effect of finished homogenized diet and home-made homogenized diet on nutritional status in bedridden patients

Objective: To investigate the effects of finished and home-made homogenized diets on nutritional status in bedridden patients. Methods: Twenty-nine patients were fed home-made homogenized and finished homogenized diet by nosal intra gastric tube.Triceps skinfolds（TSF） and midarm circumference（MAC） were measured every month.The serum levels of total protein（TP）、albumin（ALB）、glucose、triglyceride（TG）、cholesterol（TC）、uric acid（Ua）、high density lipoprotein cholesterol（HDL-C） and low density lipoprotein cholesteriol（LDL-C）were recorded twice every month. Results: No side effects of bellyadre,diarrhea,nausea,vomitting were observed in the patients.There were no significant difference in biochemical variables but Ua in two different diets. Conclusion: Both finished and home-made homogenized diets can support the nutrional status in bedridden patients.Furthermore,both of the diets have their respective speciality in mainting nutritional status in patients.