Parent interviews on tube weaning experiences
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This study interviews parents about their child's tube weaning process to understand what helps or makes it harder. Your insights could help improve support for other families.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old and are the parent or legal guardian of a child with a feeding problem.
- Your child has been seen at the Children's Mercy Interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic.
- Your child was under 6 years old when they tried to stop using a feeding tube.
- Your child attempted tube weaning in the last 3 years (between 2022 and 2025).
- You speak English.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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