Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral
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Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) is a practice in continually growing by the significant advantages involved for the patient and the healthcare system. Today, in the investigation of health outcomes is essential to assess the patient s opinion. Among the measures focused on patients with HPN, several studies about quality of life have been done, but the degree of satisfaction with this treatment modality has not been evaluated. ⋯ The degree of satisfaction of patients receiving HPN and their caregivers with the care given by doctors, pharmacists and nurses is appropriate, but it s possible to make improvements to optimize the quality of the whole process.