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Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10)
OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of suspected dysphagia and its features in both independent and dependent older people living at home. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) questionnaire was sent to 1,000 independent older people and 2,0...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30673750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211040 |
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author | Igarashi, Kumi Kikutani, Takeshi Tamura, Fumiyo |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of suspected dysphagia and its features in both independent and dependent older people living at home. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) questionnaire was sent to 1,000 independent older people and 2,000 dependent older people living at home in a municipal district of Tokyo, Japan. The participants were selected by stratified randomization according to age and care level. We set the cut-off value of EAT-10 at a score of ≥3. The percentage of participants with an EAT-10 score ≥3 was defined as the prevalence of suspected dysphagia. The chi-square test was used for analyzing prevalence in each group. Analysis of the distribution of EAT-10 scores, and comparisons among items, age groups, and care levels to identify symptom features were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: Valid responses were received from 510 independent older people aged 65 years or older (mean age 75.0 ± 7.2) and 886 dependent older people (mean age 82.3 ± 6.7). The prevalences of suspected dysphagia were 25.1% and 53.8%, respectively, and showed significant increases with advancing age and care level. In both groups, many older people assigned high scores to the item about coughing, whereas individuals requiring high-level care assigned higher scores to the items about not only coughing but also swallowing of solids and quality of life. CONCLUSION: In independent people, approximately one in four individuals showed suspected dysphagia and coughing was the most perceivable symptom. In dependent people, approximately one in two individuals showed suspected dysphagia and their specifically perceivable symptoms were coughing, difficulties in swallowing solids and psychological burden. |
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spelling | pubmed-63438992019-02-02 Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) Igarashi, Kumi Kikutani, Takeshi Tamura, Fumiyo PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of suspected dysphagia and its features in both independent and dependent older people living at home. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) questionnaire was sent to 1,000 independent older people and 2,000 dependent older people living at home in a municipal district of Tokyo, Japan. The participants were selected by stratified randomization according to age and care level. We set the cut-off value of EAT-10 at a score of ≥3. The percentage of participants with an EAT-10 score ≥3 was defined as the prevalence of suspected dysphagia. The chi-square test was used for analyzing prevalence in each group. Analysis of the distribution of EAT-10 scores, and comparisons among items, age groups, and care levels to identify symptom features were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: Valid responses were received from 510 independent older people aged 65 years or older (mean age 75.0 ± 7.2) and 886 dependent older people (mean age 82.3 ± 6.7). The prevalences of suspected dysphagia were 25.1% and 53.8%, respectively, and showed significant increases with advancing age and care level. In both groups, many older people assigned high scores to the item about coughing, whereas individuals requiring high-level care assigned higher scores to the items about not only coughing but also swallowing of solids and quality of life. CONCLUSION: In independent people, approximately one in four individuals showed suspected dysphagia and coughing was the most perceivable symptom. In dependent people, approximately one in two individuals showed suspected dysphagia and their specifically perceivable symptoms were coughing, difficulties in swallowing solids and psychological burden. Public Library of Science 2019-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6343899/ /pubmed/30673750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211040 Text en © 2019 Igarashi et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Igarashi, Kumi Kikutani, Takeshi Tamura, Fumiyo Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) |
title | Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) |
title_full | Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) |
title_fullStr | Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) |
title_full_unstemmed | Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) |
title_short | Survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-Item Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) |
title_sort | survey of suspected dysphagia prevalence in home-dwelling older people using the 10-item eating assessment tool (eat-10) |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30673750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211040 |
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