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Clinical assessment and management of swallowing difficulties after stroke
Author(s) -
Gresham Sharon L
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125497.x
Subject(s) - swallowing , medicine , referral , stroke (engine) , speech language pathology , acute stroke , dysphagia , intervention (counseling) , physical therapy , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery , emergency department , family medicine , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of swallowing disorders in patients with stroke referred for speech pathology, and to determine the outcome of therapeutic intervention based on presenting symptoms ascertained from clinical bedside assessment. The study was conducted over a 12‐month period (1988) in a 191‐bed acute‐care hospital. Data on referral of patients with stroke to the Speech Pathology Department and frequency of swallowing disorders were analysed, and showed a referral rate of 61 % for patients with stroke, with a 54% prevalence of swallowing disorders among referred patients. On discharge, 75.5% of patients who had exhibited swallowing disorders were on full oral diets.