The Test of Mastication and Swallowing Solids and the Timed Water Swallow Test: Reliability, Associations, Age and Gender Effects, and Normative Data
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 298
- 主要终点
- bites
研究概览
简要总结
This study aimed to gather more information regarding two clinically relevant tests: The Test of Mastication and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) and the Timed Water Swallow Test (TWST). Both tests can be used clinically as part of swallowing disorders evaluation.
The aims of the study were to assess the reliability of the two tests, to document the effects of age and gender on the outcome measures of the TOMASS and TWST and to explore the relationship between participants' function in the two tests. To do that, 298 healthy participants were included. All of them did not have dysphagia. Most of them were elderly.
详细描述
Background: Quantitative measures of swallowing function can increase accuracy, reliability, and improve clinical decision making. The Test of Mastication and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) and the Timed Water Swallow Test (TWST) are functional tests of swallowing that provide quantitative results.
Objectives: To explore the relationship between TOMASS and TWST; evaluate test-retest and interrater reliability; explore age and gender effects; and to gather normative data.
Methods: Healthy community dwelling participants (n = 298, ≥20 years old) were recruited. Of those, 126 were included in the reliability study. Participants completed the TWST and TOMASS.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •all participants were eligible to participate if they were over 20 years of age, with no known medical history of dysphagia, had an SDQ score of less than 11, indicating no suspicion for dysphagia, were able to give a written informed consent, and could follow simple verbal instructions. In addition, all participants indicated that they do not avoid eating crackers due to swallowing disorders or allergies.
排除标准
- •SDQ over 11 or medically reported dysphagia not eating crackers due to swallowing difficulty allergy to gluten
结局指标
主要结局
bites
时间窗: one-off assessment
number of bites required to eat the cracker
duration
时间窗: one-off assessment
length of time required to complete the task
swallows
时间窗: one-off assessment
number of swallows required to complete the task
masticatory cycles
时间窗: one-off assessment
number of masticatory cycles required to eat the cracker
volume
时间窗: one-off assessment
the amount of water swallowed
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Oshrat Sella
Principal Investigator
University of Haifa