Open AccessOropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Proposal for an Ecological Theoretical Model
Author(s) -
Rafaela Soares Rech,
Bárbara Niegia Garcia de Goulart
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
global journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-4618
pISSN - 0975-5888
DOI - 10.34257/gjmrjvol21is3pg7
Subject(s) - confounding , causation , medline , dysphagia , epidemiology , causality (physics) , oropharyngeal dysphagia , computer science , psychology , medicine , natural language processing , epistemology , pathology , surgery , biology , philosophy , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Background: The exponential growth in epidemiological studies has been reflected in an increase in analytical studies. Thus, theoretical models are required to guide the definition of data analysis, although so far, they are seldom used in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Objective: To propose a multicausal model for oropharyngeal dysphagia using directed acyclic graphs showing mediating variables, confounding variables, and variables connected by direct causation. Design: This integrative literature review. Setting: This was carried out until January 4, 2021, and searches were performed with the MEDLINE, EMBASE,and other bases.