Análise da efetividade da terapia nutricional em pacientes sob cuidados paliativos do programa Melhor em Casa no município de Queimadas-PB

The Best at Home Program aims to accompany the patient with specialized services in the comfort of their home, which is a healthier environment. Nutritional Therapy is a set of care methods for maintaining or recovering the patient's nutritional status through Parenteral or Enteral Nutrition, this must be well monitored to restore the health of the assisted person. Thus, the present research sought to evaluate the effectiveness of enteral nutritional therapy in patients in palliative care assisted by this program, in the municipality of Queimadas-PB.  A descriptive, qualitative and quantitative study was applied, where the population was composed of adult and elderly patients, with different pathologies. The information was collected from the medical records with subsequent analysis of the records in individual files. Ten patients were evaluated, with an average age of 68.30 years. Low weight and neurological disorders were present in 50% of patients. Regarding the access route, 50% had a nasogastric tube prescription. As for the average percentage of protein adequacy and energy adequacy, both were achieved. Although the overall average caloric and protein intake met the recommended recommendations, an incidence of low weight was found in half of the individuals, which can be justified by the appearance of gastrointestinal symptoms, inadequate dietary management or progression of pathologies.