NCT02838771

Validation and Clinical Application of Dysphagia Screening Questionnaire

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 293 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this research was to develop a dysphagia screening measure and evaluate the prevalence of dysphagia and its clinical manifestation in different in age population groups.

Detailed description

The dysphagia screening questionnaire had the stages of validation - translation and back translation, a review of the translation and back translation committee, pre-test study (36 persons) with monolingual individuals and the test re-test study (67 subjects included). The case - control study groups were tested using dysphagia screening questionnaire and clinical screening - water drinking test. Barthel index and nutrition questionnaire were used to identify the nutritional and functional state. M. D. Anderson dysphagia inventory questionnaire, sf-12 questionnaire were used to assess dysphagia effects on the quality of life. The research group consisted of two subgroups - 171 nursing home residents from 3 different nursing homes and 82 outpatients of the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The control group consisted of randomly selected 40 community-dwelling elderly healthy individuals.

Conditions

• Dysphagia
• Swallowing Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Water drinking test	Patient takes a sip of water about 60-70 ml. We assess: coughing, choking, voice changes.
OTHER	Dysphagia screening questionnaire	Lithuanian version of the questionnaire consists of 16 questions. Interpretation of dysphagia screening questionnaire: advanced symptom - 2 points, moderate intensity symptom - 1 point, no symptom - 0 point. At least one advanced symptom means - dysphagia. Higher score represents stronger dysphagia intensity. The maximum score is 32 points.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2016-07-20
• Last updated: 2016-09-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lithuania