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Validity of Conducting Clinical Dysphagia Assessments for Patients with Normal to Mild Cognitive Impairment via Telerehabilitation

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Ortho

Auteur(s)
  • Elizabeth C. Ward 1,2,3
  • Shobha Sharma 1,4
  • Clare Burns 5
  • Deborah Theodoros 1
  • Trevor Russell 1
Affiliation(s)
  • The University of Queensland, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • Centre for Functioning and Health Research, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • Division of Speech Pathology, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Therapies Building 84A, St. Lucia, 4072, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • School of Rehabilitation Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Speech Pathology Department, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Langue(s) du document
Anglais
Revue

Dysphagia

Éditeur
Springer [journals]
Année de publication
2012
Type de publication
Journal
Type de document
Research-article
Résumé

To assess the validity of conducting clinical dysphagia assessments via telerehabilitation, 40 individuals with dysphagia from various etiologies were assessed simultaneously by a face-to-face speech-language pathologist (FTF-SLP) and a telerehabilitation SLP (T-SLP) via an Internet-based videoconferencing telerehabilitation system. Dysphagia status was assessed using a Clinical Swallowing Examination (CSE) protocol, delivered via a specialized telerehabilitation videoconferencing system and involving the use of an assistant at the patient’s end of the consultation to facilitate the assessment. Levels of agreement between the FTF-SLP and T-SLP revealed that the majority of parameters reached set levels of clinically acceptable levels of agreement. Specifically, agreement between the T-SLP and FTF-SLP ratings for the oral, oromotor, and laryngeal function tasks revealed levels of exact agreement ranging from 75 to 100% (kappa = 0.36–1.0), while the parameters relating to food and fluid trials ranged in exact agreement from 79 to 100% (kappa = 0.61–1.0). Across the parameters related to aspiration risk and clinical management, exact agreement ranged between 79 and 100% (kappa = 0.49–1.0). The data show that a CSE conducted via telerehabilitation can provide valid and reliable outcomes comparable to clinical decisions made in the FTF environment.

Mots-clés d'auteur
  • Deglutition
  • Deglutition disorders
  • Telerehabilitation
  • Dysphagia
  • Swallowing disorders
  • Aspiration
  • Clinical swallowing examination
  • Videoconferencing
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