Dysphagia Symptom Severity and Quality of Life

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neurogenic Dysphagia

Treatments: Other: Dysphagia evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03241615

HACETTEPEUNIVERSITY

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between dysphagia symptom severity and quality of life of the patients with neurogenic dysphagia.

Full description

The dysphagia related quality of life and perceived dysphagia symptom severity by patients will be used as a complementary information on oropharyngeal dysphagia. Thus, the aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between dysphagia symptom severity and quality of life of the patients with neurogenic dysphagia.

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing to participate in the study
• Being over the age of 20
• Normal cognitive function
• Suffering from dysphagia at least one month

Exclusion criteria

• Being under the age of 20 and above 65 years.
• Abnormal cognitive function
• Clinically unstable neurological disease

Trial design

84 participants in 1 patient group

Neurogenic dysphagia

Description:

Patients with neurogenic dysphagia who will willing to participate in the study, being over the age of 18, normal cognitive function (\[24 points according to the Mini Mental State Examination), suffering from dysphagia at least one month, and having clinically stable neurological disease will be included. Dysphagia evaluation will be performed.

Treatment:

Other: Dysphagia evaluation