The Feeding-swallowing Impact Survey: Reference Values from a UK Sample of Parents of Children Without a Known or Suspected Feeding Disorder.

ABSTRACT: The feeding swallowing impact survey (FS-IS) is an 18-question, 3 subscale, validated tool measuring parent/caregiver impact of children's eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. This study aimed to establish reference values from parents of children without known or suspected paediatric feeding disorder for the FS-IS. Parents of children aged 6 months-11 years were invited to complete an anonymous, online questionnaire. The Pedi-EAT-10 was used to screen for pediatric feeding disorder. For the FS-IS average and cumulative scores were calculated for the whole scale and subscales. Percentile rankings were calculated for the cumulative whole scale score. The relationship between variables was explored using Spearman's correlation and 75th centile quantile regression. The final sample c

SUBMITTER: Stewart A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12662897 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature