Establishing normative values for swallow strength and timing in hospitalized patients

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Dysfagie, onafhankelijk van de oorzaak, betreft verschillende klassen; difficulty swallowing

• Registration Number: NL-OMON46394
• Lead Sponsor: Zuyd Hogeschool, Heerlen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 15 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 150

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

- 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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified