Swallowing problems - empirical evaluation of the swallowability of solid oral drugs (part 2)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- R13.9
- Registration Number
- DRKS00003698
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 148
Inclusion Criteria
1. =18 years old
2. Inpatients of the University Hospital of Heidelberg
3. Patients who are allowed to swallow placebos after being assessed by the physician
4. Patients have to be positioned upright
Exclusion Criteria
1. = 18 years old
2. Patients suffering from dysphagia
3. Patients who are not allowed to swallow placebos due to other diseases/medical conditions/tests after being assessed by the physician
4. Insufficient German language skills
5. Insufficient cognitive skills
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Identification of the dosage form which is easiest to swallow (overall, affected and non-affected patients) (Scale 0-7, 0=very easy, 7 very hard to swallow).<br>2.Improvement of the swallowability due to the intervention (variation of head posture)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method