Malnutrition risk and oropharyngeal dysphagia in the chronic post-stroke phase.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and malnutrition are associated with poor clinical outcomes after stroke. The present study evaluated (1) malnutrition risk and OD-related characteristics in patients with chronic post-stroke OD, and (2) the relationship between on the one hand OD severity and on the other hand functional oral intake and dysphagia-specific quality of life.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in a Dutch interdisciplinary outpatient clinic for OD. The standardized examination protocol comprised: clinical ear, nose, and throat examination, body mass index, the short nutritional assessment questionnaire (SNAQ), a standardized fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES), the functional oral intake scale (FOIS), and the MD Anderson dyspha

SUBMITTER: Huppertz VAL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9554502 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature