Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) can affect patients all age group and clinical symptoms of the disease varies depending on the patient's ages. Infants and toddlers with EoE generally have food refusal, vomiting and poor weight gain. Older school-aged children and adolescents may have abdominal and chest pain, difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia) especially in solid foods. In the meantime, many children especially infants and toddlers, are not perceptive of their dysphagia, because they have the ability to compensate. Such as, avoiding certain textures or increases liquid intake in the meal.To date, to our knowledge, there is no study in the literature has investigated complex swallowing behaviour (including all phases), oral-motor evaluation and/or swallowing safety. Thus, the present study purposed to investigate (a) descriptive and clinical swallowing characteristics of children with EoE (b) the relation between disease characteristic and swallowing function.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
52
Study Evaluation includes basic test batteries. These are observational.
Gazi University, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Recruiting Ankara, Turkey, 06500
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
Mastication and Observation Evaluation
Each child was positioned in an upright sitting position in a quiet environment. A standardized biscuit was offered in front of their mouth to bite and chew. Chewing performance of each child was scored according to the T-MOE by observing the child.
Time frame: 15 minutes
Pediatric version of the Eating Assessment Tool-10
The PEDI-EAT-10 is a parent report outcome instrument to determine penetration and aspiration risk in children.
Time frame: 10 minutes
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