The Turkish Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Swallowing Disorder

Treatments: Other: The Turkish Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03907566

Dysphagia screening

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the reliability and validity of the The Turkish Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals among adult patients with swallowing disorders.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to test the reliability and validity of the The Turkish Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals among adult patients with swallowing disorders.The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and criterion validity of the instrument will be investigated. The internal consistency will be assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) value with 95 % confidence intervals will be calculated for test-retest reliability. The criterion validity of the scale will be determined by assessing the correlation between the The Turkish Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals and Turkish Eating Assessment Tool.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing to participate
• Having swallowing problems

Exclusion criteria

• Being under the age of 20 years, and above the age of 60 years
• Not willing to participate
• No swallowing problems

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Adult patients with swallowing disorders

Description:

Swallowing function will be evaluated with the Turkish Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals, and Turkish version of the Eating Assessment Tool.

Treatment:

Other: The Turkish Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals