I69.3 R13
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Conventional PSD (post-stroke dysphagia) therapy provided during the inpatient stay and for up to one month following admission to the facility is documented.
Sponsors
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Age = 18 • Patients suffering from dysphagia following a stroke and having a PAS grade = 3 and/or Yale Scale = 3 (valleculae and/or S. piriformis) at screening • Patients must be routinely hospitalized for at least two weeks • Signed and dated informed consent before the start of any registry-specific procedure for all the recruited patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Lack of compliance with any inclusion criteria • Pregnant or breast-feeding women • Diagnosed neurologic or non-neurologic diseases that in the expert opinion of the reg-istry responsible (or delegates) would affect the PSD symptoms and response to the assessed treatment • Current obtunded levels of alertness • Significant agitation • Chronic or ongoing acute throat infections • Endotracheally intubated patients • Any other clinical conditions that, in the expert opinion of the registry responsible (or delegates), could affect the results of this registry, e.g., respiration issues (decompen-sated asthma, decompensated COPD) or severe generalized muscle disorders • Parallel participation in a device/drug registry in the period of data collection, which could confound the results of this observational study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| FEES videos and subsequent assessments 14 days after study inclusion: • FOIS-G • Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS) • Yale Scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Murray Secretion Scale • Classification according to the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) • Dysphagia Severity Rating Scale (DSRS) • BODS Dysphagia score (optional) • EAT-10 questionnaire (optional) • Changes in dietary habits • Changes in general medical history • Changes in disease-specific medical history | — |
Countries
Austria
Outcome results
None listed