Validation of the Turkish Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire

Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascıoglu Education and Research Hospital Organization

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dysphagia; Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Turkish Version of Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04737811

440

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose of the study is the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire (SDQ-T), so that it would be used as an assessment tool for Turkish Parkinson Disease's (PD) patients. Despite being translated and validated in many languages, there is no validated Turkish version of SDQ to measure the severity of dysphagia in PD.

Full description

Parkinson's disease (PD) patients who suffered from dysphagia have reported significantly reduced quality of life. The swallow function is a multidirectional process that depends on complex neuro-muscular network. The function can be evaluated using instrumental, such as fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES), videofluoroscopy, or well structured questionnaires. There are many questionnaire and scales for assessment of dysphagia in PD but very few have been validated. The study will assess the construct validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire. The investigators developed the Turkish version of this questionnaire (SDQ-T), according to the cross-cultural adaptation guidelines. Two translators translated the SDQ into Turkish and a native English language speaker reverse-translated it into English. The back translation was sent to the original author for proofreading. The SDQ questionnaire consisted of 15 basic questions related with dysphagia symptoms in PD patients.

Enrollment: 152 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
• Able to speak, read, understand and write in Turkish
• Taking food orally
• Malignancy
• Having an active infection
• Advanced demans or

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with other neurodegenerative disorders.
• Able not to speak, read, understand and write in Turkish
• Advanced demeans or other cognitive limitations
• Underwent any surgery last six months
• Pregnancy
• Underwent laryngectomy/neck dissection/tracheostomy/neck radiotherapy
• Out of age 18-80 years old.

Trial design

152 participants in 1 patient group

Study group

Description:

The group consists of Parkinson's disease patients with dysphagia complaints. The participants will be given the Turkish version of the Swallow Disturbance Questionnaire (SDQ-T), which consisted of 15 questions and two scales evaluated with the fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing. After two weeks, all participants will be given the SDQ-T for sampling.

Treatment:

Other: Turkish Version of Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire