NCT03820791

Poster on Dysphagia-specific Food Procedures: Usability and Impact

Using a Visual Poster Communicating Dysphagia-specific Food Procedures as a Complementary Means of Information to Caregivers in Inpatient Care: Usability and Impact

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidade do Porto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of a poster containing information on dysphagia-specific food procedures at two levels: utility from the point of view of patients' caregivers, and impact on patients' health. Half the patients will have the poster placed in their room, whereas the other half will not.

Detailed description

Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that can be associated with clinically relevant complications, and caregivers can play a fundamental role in this process, namely because they feed the patient. However, studies show a lack of professional-caregiver communication in dysphagia, and caregivers' need for more information. Communicating dysphagia-specific food procedures through a visual poster might bridge professional-caregiver communication gaps, with consequences for the patient's health.

Conditions

• Dysphagia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Placement of a poster in patients' rooms	Patients and their caregivers will be exposed to the poster for one month

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-01-01
• Completion: 2019-02-01
• First posted: 2019-01-29
• Last updated: 2019-01-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal