Cargando…

Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia

The aim of this study was to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices about dysphagia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire addressed to healthcare providers in Spain. A total of 396 healthcare providers participa...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sánchez-Sánchez, Eduardo, Avellaneda-López, Ylenia, García-Marín, Esperanza, Ramírez-Vargas, Guillermo, Díaz-Jimenez, Jara, Ordonez, Francisco Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7926391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33671732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139
_version_ 1783659455220547584
author Sánchez-Sánchez, Eduardo
Avellaneda-López, Ylenia
García-Marín, Esperanza
Ramírez-Vargas, Guillermo
Díaz-Jimenez, Jara
Ordonez, Francisco Javier
author_facet Sánchez-Sánchez, Eduardo
Avellaneda-López, Ylenia
García-Marín, Esperanza
Ramírez-Vargas, Guillermo
Díaz-Jimenez, Jara
Ordonez, Francisco Javier
author_sort Sánchez-Sánchez, Eduardo
collection PubMed
description The aim of this study was to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices about dysphagia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire addressed to healthcare providers in Spain. A total of 396 healthcare providers participated in the study. Of these, 62.3% knew the definition of dysphagia as a swallowing disorder. In addition, up to 39.2% of the participants reported that they did not know whether the EatingAssessmentTool (EAT-10) dysphagia screening test was usedin their own clinical settings. Similarly, up to 49.1% of them did not know the ClinicalExaminationVolume-Viscosity (MECV-V) method. Nearly all participants (98.8%) reported that thickeners must be used forall liquids administered to patients. A higher percentage of respondents based the choice of texture on patient’s tolerance (78.2%) rather than on the MECV-V result (17.3%). In addition,76.4% of the professionals had witnessed a bronchoaspiration; after it, 44.4% (n = 175) of them reported the appearance of pneumonia, and 14.5% (n = 57) the death of the patient (p = 0.005). The participants revealeda moderate/low knowledge ofthe definition, diagnosis, and clinical management of liquid dysphagia, which indicates some room for improvements.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7926391
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-79263912021-03-04 Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia Sánchez-Sánchez, Eduardo Avellaneda-López, Ylenia García-Marín, Esperanza Ramírez-Vargas, Guillermo Díaz-Jimenez, Jara Ordonez, Francisco Javier Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices about dysphagia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire addressed to healthcare providers in Spain. A total of 396 healthcare providers participated in the study. Of these, 62.3% knew the definition of dysphagia as a swallowing disorder. In addition, up to 39.2% of the participants reported that they did not know whether the EatingAssessmentTool (EAT-10) dysphagia screening test was usedin their own clinical settings. Similarly, up to 49.1% of them did not know the ClinicalExaminationVolume-Viscosity (MECV-V) method. Nearly all participants (98.8%) reported that thickeners must be used forall liquids administered to patients. A higher percentage of respondents based the choice of texture on patient’s tolerance (78.2%) rather than on the MECV-V result (17.3%). In addition,76.4% of the professionals had witnessed a bronchoaspiration; after it, 44.4% (n = 175) of them reported the appearance of pneumonia, and 14.5% (n = 57) the death of the patient (p = 0.005). The participants revealeda moderate/low knowledge ofthe definition, diagnosis, and clinical management of liquid dysphagia, which indicates some room for improvements. MDPI 2021-02-22 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7926391/ /pubmed/33671732 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Sánchez-Sánchez, Eduardo
Avellaneda-López, Ylenia
García-Marín, Esperanza
Ramírez-Vargas, Guillermo
Díaz-Jimenez, Jara
Ordonez, Francisco Javier
Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia
title Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia
title_full Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia
title_fullStr Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia
title_short Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia
title_sort knowledge and practice of health professionals in the management of dysphagia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7926391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33671732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139
work_keys_str_mv AT sanchezsanchezeduardo knowledgeandpracticeofhealthprofessionalsinthemanagementofdysphagia
AT avellanedalopezylenia knowledgeandpracticeofhealthprofessionalsinthemanagementofdysphagia
AT garciamarinesperanza knowledgeandpracticeofhealthprofessionalsinthemanagementofdysphagia
AT ramirezvargasguillermo knowledgeandpracticeofhealthprofessionalsinthemanagementofdysphagia
AT diazjimenezjara knowledgeandpracticeofhealthprofessionalsinthemanagementofdysphagia
AT ordonezfranciscojavier knowledgeandpracticeofhealthprofessionalsinthemanagementofdysphagia