Improving compliance with swallowing exercise to decrease radiotherapy-related dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dysphagia, one of the most common complications in head and neck cancer (HNC) treated with radiotherapy, can severely affect patients' quality of life. Currently, because no "gold standard" treatment exists, swallowing exercise remains the main rehabilitation strategy for dysphagia. However, patients' compliance with long-term swallowing exercise is only 40%, thus, greatly compromising outcomes. This article aims to analyze thefactors influencing swallowing exercise compliance in patients with HNC and explains strategies developed to date for improved rehabilitation outcomes.

Methods

Research studies published between 2005 and 2022 were retrieved from seven databases: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CINAHL, CNKI, Wan Fang Database, and VIP Database, and 21 articl

SUBMITTER: Zhu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792737 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature