Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia
The aim of this study was to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices about dysphagia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire addressed to healthcare providers in Spain. A total of 396 healthcare providers participa...
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doaj-dd406f9ce47147078e561e860f50437d2021-02-23T00:04:16ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-02-01182139213910.3390/ijerph18042139Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of DysphagiaEduardo Sánchez-Sánchez0Ylenia Avellaneda-López1Esperanza García-Marín2Guillermo Ramírez-Vargas3Jara Díaz-Jimenez4Francisco Javier Ordonez5Punta de Europa Hospital, Algeciras, 11207Cádiz, SpainPunta de Europa Hospital, Algeciras, 11207Cádiz, SpainPunta de Europa Hospital, Algeciras, 11207Cádiz, SpainPunta de Europa Hospital, Algeciras, 11207Cádiz, SpainFaculty of Education Sciences, University of Cádiz, 11519 Puerto Real, SpainHuman Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Plaza Fragela s/n, 11003 Cadiz, SpainThe aim of this study was to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices about dysphagia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire addressed to healthcare providers in Spain. A total of 396 healthcare providers participated in the study. Of these, 62.3% knew the definition of dysphagia as a swallowing disorder. In addition, up to 39.2% of the participants reported that they did not know whether the EatingAssessmentTool (EAT-10) dysphagia screening test was usedin their own clinical settings. Similarly, up to 49.1% of them did not know the ClinicalExaminationVolume-Viscosity (MECV-V) method. Nearly all participants (98.8%) reported that thickeners must be used forall liquids administered to patients. A higher percentage of respondents based the choice of texture on patient’s tolerance (78.2%) rather than on the MECV-V result (17.3%). In addition,76.4% of the professionals had witnessed a bronchoaspiration; after it, 44.4% (<i>n</i> = 175) of them reported the appearance of pneumonia, and 14.5% (<i>n</i> = 57) the death of the patient (<i>p</i> = 0.005). The participants revealeda moderate/low knowledge ofthe definition, diagnosis, and clinical management of liquid dysphagia, which indicates some room for improvements.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/2139bronchoaspirationdysphagiaMECV-Vpneumoniahealth professionals |
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Eduardo Sánchez-Sánchez Ylenia Avellaneda-López Esperanza García-Marín Guillermo Ramírez-Vargas Jara Díaz-Jimenez Francisco Javier Ordonez Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health bronchoaspiration dysphagia MECV-V pneumonia health professionals |
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Eduardo Sánchez-Sánchez Ylenia Avellaneda-López Esperanza García-Marín Guillermo Ramírez-Vargas Jara Díaz-Jimenez Francisco Javier Ordonez |
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Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia |
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Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia |
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Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia |
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Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia |
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Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia |
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knowledge and practice of health professionals in the management of dysphagia |
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The aim of this study was to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices about dysphagia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire addressed to healthcare providers in Spain. A total of 396 healthcare providers participated in the study. Of these, 62.3% knew the definition of dysphagia as a swallowing disorder. In addition, up to 39.2% of the participants reported that they did not know whether the EatingAssessmentTool (EAT-10) dysphagia screening test was usedin their own clinical settings. Similarly, up to 49.1% of them did not know the ClinicalExaminationVolume-Viscosity (MECV-V) method. Nearly all participants (98.8%) reported that thickeners must be used forall liquids administered to patients. A higher percentage of respondents based the choice of texture on patient’s tolerance (78.2%) rather than on the MECV-V result (17.3%). In addition,76.4% of the professionals had witnessed a bronchoaspiration; after it, 44.4% (<i>n</i> = 175) of them reported the appearance of pneumonia, and 14.5% (<i>n</i> = 57) the death of the patient (<i>p</i> = 0.005). The participants revealeda moderate/low knowledge ofthe definition, diagnosis, and clinical management of liquid dysphagia, which indicates some room for improvements. |
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bronchoaspiration dysphagia MECV-V pneumonia health professionals |
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