NCT07435441

Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Bolus Residue Scale in Acute Stroke

Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Bolus Residue Scale (BRS) in Patients With Acute Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Arel University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Bolus Residue Scale (BRS) in patients with acute stroke. The study has a methodological, observational, and cross-sectional design. Videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) recordings will be scored independently by trained raters using the BRS. Psychometric properties including construct validity, criterion validity, inter-rater and intra-rater reliability will be analyzed.

Conditions

• Post-stroke
• Dysphagia
• Videofluoroscopy
• Scale Reliability Validity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No intervention (observational study)	This study does not involve any therapeutic, behavioral, or procedural intervention. All assessments were performed as part of routine clinical care, and no changes were made to standard treatment or clinical management.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-01
• Primary completion: 2026-01-15
• Completion: 2026-02-20
• First posted: 2026-02-27
• Last updated: 2026-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)