Turkish Validation of The Drooling Impact Scale

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Hypersalivation
• Interventions: Other: Drooling Impact Scale; Other: Drooling Frequency and Severity Scale; Other: The Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD™); Other: Drooling Quotient (DQ); Other: Patient and caregiver visual analog scale (VAS) for drooling; Other: Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS); Other: number of bibs daily used; Other: number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections; Other: Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS); Other: Manual Ability Classification System (MACS); Other: Communication Function Classification System (CFCS); Other: Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS)

• Registration Number: NCT04132765
• Lead Sponsor: Marmara University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability and construct validity of the Turkish version of the Drooling Impact Scale in children with cerebral palsy

Detailed Description

Drooling is common among several neurologic disorders such as cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which are the main diseases that physiatrist are one of the leading physicians involved in whose management 1. Drooling can be seen either as anterior drooling, unintentional leaving of saliva from mouth to outside of the body, or posterior drooling, invisible spill of saliva from mouth through pharyngeal isthmus and then to respiratory or digestive tract, inside the body 2. Anterior drooling causes psycho-social impairment, skin problems, infections, bad odor, dehydration, dentation problems and wet clothes and tools while posterior drooling may result in morbidity by posing a risk for aspiration pneumonia. Despite the frequency and significance of the condition, there is still a paucity of research and inadequate evidence about the various treatments and valid and reliable outcomes available. A major problem for research into interventions to reduce drooling is that there is no valid and reliable measurement tool of saliva control. There is no questionnaire in Turkish to evaluate the effects of drooling as well as drooling interventions.The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability and construct validity of the Turkish version of the Drooling Impact Scale in children with cerebral palsy.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Study First Submitted: 2019-10-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-17
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-21
• Study Start: 2019-11-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-11-25
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-27
• Primary Completion: 2020-08-30
• Study Completion: 2020-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with unilateral or bilateral cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16
2. Spastic, dyskinetic or mixed type cerebral palsy
3. GMFCS level 3,4,5
4. Stable drooling within at least one month

Exclusion Criteria

1. Active infection of salivary glands
2. Upper respiratory tract infection at the time of testing
3. History of anticholinergic drug intake in the past three weeks
4. Occurance of any above between test and re-test assessment that may interfere with the results

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients with cerebral palsy	Drooling Quotient (DQ)	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Patient and caregiver visual analog scale (VAS) for drooling	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	The Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD™)	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Drooling Frequency and Severity Scale	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Communication Function Classification System (CFCS)	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Drooling Impact Scale	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS)	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	number of bibs daily used	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS)	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5
Patients with cerebral palsy	Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)	Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Drooling Impact Scale	Day 3	A scale with 10 items which are scored with visual analog scale from1 to 10. Drooling impact increases with increased scores.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Drooling Frequency and Severity Scale	Day 0	n this scale, parents or care givers were asked to rate the severity and frequency of drooling, classifying severity of drooling using a 5-level domain ranging from 1 (dry) to 5 (profuse drooling). The frequency of drooling was classified using a 4-level domain ranging from 1(no drooling) to 4 (constant drooling)
The Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD™)	Day 0	A quality of life scale that measure caregivers' perspectives on the health status, comfort, well being, and ease of caregiving of children with severe developmental disabilities. CPCHILD consists of 36 items distributed over six sections representing the following domains: (1) Personal Care (eight items); (2) Positioning, Transfer, and Mobility (eight items); (3) Communication and Social Interaction (seven items); (4) Comfort, Emotions, and Behaviour (nine items); (5) Health (three items); and (6) Overall Quality Of Life (one item). For the sections which involve the performance of skills, the degree of difficulty of accomplishing each task or activity was rated on a 7-point ordinal scale anchored by 0 ('No problem at all') to 6 ('Impossible').
number of bibs daily used	Day 0	Parents will be asked their children's number of bibs daily used.
Drooling Quotient (DQ)	Day 0	DQ is a semi-quantitative method that assesses the presence of newly formed saliva on the lips every 15 seconds with 40 observations in 10 minutes, expressed as a percentage based on the ratio between the number of observed drooling episodes and the total number of observations.
Patient and caregiver visual analog scale (VAS) for drooling	Day 0	Patients will be asked to score their children's drooling severity on a visual analog scale.
number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections	Day 0	Parents will be asked their children's number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections.
Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS)	Day 0	Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) which is a 7-point ordinal scale document the functional level of oral intake of food and liquid.
Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)	Day 0	The GMFCS describes self-initiated movement and use of assistive devices (walkers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs) for mobility during an individual's usual activity.
Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)	Day 0	The MACS is also a simple, five-point ordinal classification system and was designed for use in children ages 4-18 years. The MACS is a validated measure in cerebral palsy that can be used to classify a child's typical use of both hands and upper limbs.
Communication Function Classification System (CFCS)	Day 0	The CFCS is a simple, five-point ordinal classification system that assesses everyday communication (not optimal communication) of children with cerebral palsy.
Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS)	Day 0	EDACS is a measure to assess eating and drinking ability for children with CP, ages 3 and older. This classification is a simple five-point ordinal system.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Esra Giray; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey