Dysfagie, onafhankelijk van de oorzaak, betreft verschillende klassen difficulty swallowing
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Zuyd Hogeschool, Heerlen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age >= 18 years - Admission duration >24 hours. Patients need to be admitted at least 24 hours before they will be asked to participate. This way people are already settled in and their own treatment plan will already be discussed with them. By respecting a minimum of 24 hours hospital stay, participation to this study will not interfere or distract them from their acute care - Normal diet - Stay at the following hospital wards: General Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Pulmonology; General Surgery; Geriatric; Neurology
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - No informed consent - Severe dysphagia (score >2 EAT 10; score >1 V VST) - No oral intake permitted or severe impairment of oral intake which prohibits participation to this study - Severe illness which prohibits assessment of swallowing - Permanent cognitive impairment or language barriers that prevents participation in testing and following instructions - Patients admitted to general ward after ICU stay - Presence of a beard (and unwillingness to shave off part of the beard in suprahyoid area) extreme hair growth in this region prohibits the sensor from accurately measuring swallow function - Oversensitive skin and/or wounds in throat area - Severe vision impairment which prevents seeing the swallowing cues in Rephagia - Patients in isolation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quantitative parameters will be described by mean ±SD. Comparisons will be analyzed using The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, Inc., Chigaco, IL, USA) version 23. Qualitative parameters will be described by relative and absolute frequencies. Statistical significance was accepted if p-values were | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Demographic data (gender, age, reason for hospital admission, length of hospital stay, medical history data related to potential dysphagia, any treatment limitations) will be recorded. Also, drugs (and dosages) that could impair swallowing function, e.g. anticholinergic drugs like antipsychotics will be recorded (appendix 4). This information will be derived from the patient*s medical record prior to recruiting the patient. In addition we will record the time of day of the test, because this may be an important factor due to patients* fatigue and concentration capacity. Also oxygen saturation by means of finger pulse oximeter will be obtained. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed