Poster on Dysphagia-specific Food Procedures: Usability and Impact (DYSPHAGIA)

Universidade do Porto

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Dysphagia

Treatments: Device: Placement of a poster in patients' rooms

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03820791

DYSPHAGIA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of a poster containing information on dysphagia-specific food procedures at two levels: utility from the point of view of patients' caregivers, and impact on patients' health. Half the patients will have the poster placed in their room, whereas the other half will not.

Full description

Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that can be associated with clinically relevant complications, and caregivers can play a fundamental role in this process, namely because they feed the patient. However, studies show a lack of professional-caregiver communication in dysphagia, and caregivers' need for more information. Communicating dysphagia-specific food procedures through a visual poster might bridge professional-caregiver communication gaps, with consequences for the patient's health.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with post-acute dysphagia (lesion occurring at least six weeks prior, approximately),
• remaining in inpatient care for at least one month after the first moment of data collection,
• 18 years of age or older,
• receiving regular visits from their family members or caregivers.

Exclusion criteria

• Failing to meet inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Poster

Experimental group

Description:

A poster with pictorial information about dysphagia-specific food procedures placed in patients' rooms for one month

Treatment:

Device: Placement of a poster in patients' rooms

No poster

No Intervention group

Description:

No poster is placed in patients' room.