Oropharyngeal swallowing function in patients with presbyphagia.
Myung-Lyeol Lee, Jin-Uk Kim, Dong-Hwan Oh and 2 others
PMID 30464364WHAT IT FOUND
Older adults with age-related swallowing difficulty had swallowing study score values of pharyngeal wall coating 5.2 ± 3.44 and aspiration 3.60 ± 3.04.
The study only described scores, not treatment effects.
Key findings
01The videofluoroscopic dysphagia scale scores for the 25 participants included lip closure 0.53 ± 0.92, mastication 3.2 ± 1.47, laryngeal elevation 0.20 ± 0.77, and aspiration 3.60 ± 3.04.
02The videofluoroscopic dysphagia scale was described as reflecting overall swallowing function in stroke survivors, and its total score reliability was 0.556.
03The authors said the sample size was small and that absence of follow-up comparison after interventions did not permit determination of long-term effects.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for SLPs
Read the rest of this summary
You get three full summaries a month, free, and we do not ask for a card. Search, the TL;DRs and your library stay unlimited either way.
What it does not show
Only 25 participants were studied, and the authors said the findings are difficult to generalize. The supplied text does not state the maximum score or score direction for the videofluoroscopic dysphagia scale item scores. The videofluoroscopic dysphagia scale was described as reflecting swallowing function in stroke survivors, and its total score reliability was 0.556. The authors said absence of follow-up comparison after interventions did not permit determination of long-term effects.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the videofluoroscopic dysphagia scale scores as evidence that sarcopenia caused the swallowing pattern or that a treatment can change it. The study described 25 participants. The supplied text does not give the scale range or score direction, and the authors said the sample was small and long-term effects could not be determined.