NCT06655727

Evaluation of Dysphagia in Patients Diagnosed With Parkinson's Disease by Ultrasound

Evaluation of Dysphagia in Patients Diagnosed With Parkinson's Disease by Ultrasound: A Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Beylikduzu State Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to perform an ultrasonographic swallowing assessment in Parkinson's patients and healthy volunteers and compare the findings with those from clinical swallowing evaluations. The secondary aim is to examine the relationship between dysphagia and functional status.

Detailed description

Thirty patients aged 40-80 years, diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (Modified Hoehn-Yahr stage 1-3), and thirty healthy volunteers who either applied to the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic or received inpatient rehabilitation at Beylikdüzü State Hospital and Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital will be included in this study. At the start of the study, sociodemographic data of both patients and volunteers will be recorded. The Mini-Mental Test and the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) will be used to evaluate the mental and functional status of the patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. After the clinical dysphagia evaluation, the EAT-10 questionnaire will be administered to the participants. Following this, an ultrasonographic swallowing assessment will be performed on the participants. The ultrasonographic measurements will include tongue thickness (cm), resting distance between the mandible and hyoid (cm), shortest distance between the mandible and hyoid (cm), hyoid displacement (cm), hyoid displacement percentage, tongue thickness (cm) (with 5ml of water), resting distance between the mandible and hyoid (cm) (with 5ml of water), shortest distance between the mandible and hyoid (cm) (with 5ml of water), hyoid displacement (cm) (with 5ml of water), and hyoid displacement percentage (%) (with 5ml of water).

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Ultrasound evaluation	No intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-25
• Primary completion: 2024-11-15
• Completion: 2024-11-15
• First posted: 2024-10-23
• Last updated: 2025-01-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)