Validating Cough Reflex Testing Against Instrumental Assessment Of Aspiration And Laryngeal Sensation.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- dysphagiaNeurological - Other neurological disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000007730
- Lead Sponsor
- ew Zealand Speech-language Therapy Assocation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Consecutive inpatients referred to speech-language pathology for initial swallowing assessment.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients were excluded if they were too drowsy, medically unstable to participate, were tracheotomised or where evaluation was contraindicated (e.g nasal abnormalities including epistaxis and base of skull fractures for FEES).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Validation of cough reflex testing against previously validated instrumental measures of aspiration. All assessments will be recorded and scored from the video recording by two researchers blinded to the result of the alternate test. [Same day- within 1 hour]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method not applicable[not applicable]