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.
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 Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
Patients and their caregivers will be exposed to the poster for one month
CINTESIS - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Porto, Portugal
Change in patients' aspiration risk before and after placement of the poster in their rooms
Change in patients' risk of aspiration in dysphagia (with the Gugging Swallowing Screen - GUSS)
Time frame: 1 month
Change in patients' capacity for oral intake before and after placement of the poster in their rooms
Change in patients' oral intake capacity in dysphagia (with the Functional Oral Intake Scale - FOIS)
Time frame: 1 month
Change in patients' oral health before and after placement of the poster in their rooms
Change in patients' oral health in dysphagia (with the Oral Health Assessment Tool - OHAT)
Time frame: 1 month
Change in patients' nutritional health before and after placement of the poster in their rooms
Change in patients' nutritional status in dysphagia (with the Mini Nutritional Assessment - MNA)
Time frame: 1 month
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