Poster on Dysphagia-specific Food Procedures: Usability and Impact

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Dysphagia
• Interventions: Device: Placement of a poster in patients' rooms

• Registration Number: NCT03820791
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade do Porto

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of a poster containing information on dysphagia-specific food procedures at two levels: utility from the point of view of patients' caregivers, and impact on patients' health. Half the patients will have the poster placed in their room, whereas the other half will not.

Detailed Description

Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that can be associated with clinically relevant complications, and caregivers can play a fundamental role in this process, namely because they feed the patient. However, studies show a lack of professional-caregiver communication in dysphagia, and caregivers' need for more information. Communicating dysphagia-specific food procedures through a visual poster might bridge professional-caregiver communication gaps, with consequences for the patient's health.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-15
• Study Start: 2019-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2019-01-29
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-29
• Study Completion: 2019-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with post-acute dysphagia (lesion occurring at least six weeks prior, approximately),
• remaining in inpatient care for at least one month after the first moment of data collection,
• 18 years of age or older,
• receiving regular visits from their family members or caregivers.

Exclusion Criteria

• Failing to meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Poster	Placement of a poster in patients' rooms	A poster with pictorial information about dysphagia-specific food procedures placed in patients' rooms for one month

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in patients' capacity for oral intake before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	1 month	Change in patients' oral intake capacity in dysphagia (with the Functional Oral Intake Scale - FOIS)
Change in patients' oral health before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	1 month	Change in patients' oral health in dysphagia (with the Oral Health Assessment Tool - OHAT)
Change in patients' aspiration risk before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	1 month	Change in patients' risk of aspiration in dysphagia (with the Gugging Swallowing Screen - GUSS)
Change in patients' nutritional health before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	1 month	Change in patients' nutritional status in dysphagia (with the Mini Nutritional Assessment - MNA)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CINTESIS - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto; 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal