Poster on Dysphagia-specific Food Procedures: Usability and Impact

Dysphagia Clinical Trial

— DYSPHAGIA  

Official title:

Using a Visual Poster Communicating Dysphagia-specific Food Procedures as a Complementary Means of Information to Caregivers in Inpatient Care: Usability and Impact

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03820791
• Other study ID #: DYSPHAGIA
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2019
• Est. completion date: February 2019

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Universidade do Porto
• Contact: Irene P Carvalho, PhD
• Phone: 225513622
• Email: irenec[@]med.up.pt
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of a poster containing information on dysphagia-specific food procedures at two levels: utility from the point of view of patients' caregivers, and impact on patients' health. Half the patients will have the poster placed in their room, whereas the other half will not.

Description:

Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that can be associated with clinically relevant complications, and caregivers can play a fundamental role in this process, namely because they feed the patient. However, studies show a lack of professional-caregiver communication in dysphagia, and caregivers' need for more information. Communicating dysphagia-specific food procedures through a visual poster might bridge professional-caregiver communication gaps, with consequences for the patient's health.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: February 2019
• Est. primary completion date: January 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with post-acute dysphagia (lesion occurring at least six weeks prior, approximately),

• remaining in inpatient care for at least one month after the first moment of data collection,

• 18 years of age or older,

• receiving regular visits from their family members or caregivers.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failing to meet inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deglutition Disorders
• Dysphagia

Intervention

Device:
• Placement of a poster in patients' rooms
Patients and their caregivers will be exposed to the poster for one month

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	CINTESIS - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto	Porto

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade do Porto

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in patients' aspiration risk before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	Change in patients' risk of aspiration in dysphagia (with the Gugging Swallowing Screen - GUSS)	1 month
Primary	Change in patients' capacity for oral intake before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	Change in patients' oral intake capacity in dysphagia (with the Functional Oral Intake Scale - FOIS)	1 month
Primary	Change in patients' oral health before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	Change in patients' oral health in dysphagia (with the Oral Health Assessment Tool - OHAT)	1 month
Primary	Change in patients' nutritional health before and after placement of the poster in their rooms	Change in patients' nutritional status in dysphagia (with the Mini Nutritional Assessment - MNA)	1 month